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HR748

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:36 | Tran: 17:28 | Set: 4:25
Alt: 33.25°   Az: 290.06°   Direction: West-North-West

HR748 is a multiple giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR748 visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, HR748 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

Image of HR748 star
DSS2 image of HR748. The red arrow shows the motion of HR748 during the next 100000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -15.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 37m 12s
+37° 25’ 14”
05h 26m 06s
08h 03m 18s

J2000

02h 35m 38s
+37° 18’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

144.92°
-21.07°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR748.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.71
Giant

-0.87
K3III
3967K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR748 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR748. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR748 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR748 double sysyem:

5.71
10.91
5.2
18.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR748 is distant 676.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

207.47
676.35
-6 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
-0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO55684
SAO55684

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR748 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.6°
Max altitude: 75.9°
Azimuth: 307.4°