HR762

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -29.38° Az: 157.94° Direction: South-South-East

HR762 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Horologium.

HR762 visual magnitude is 6.77. Because of its faintness, HR762 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR762. The red arrow shows the motion of HR762 during the next 10000 years (4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 34m 10s

Declination -62° 28’ 35”

Hour Angle 20h 59m 39s

Sidereal Time 23h 33m 50s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 33m 33s

Declination -62° 35’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 284.65°

Galactic Latitude -50.76°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR762.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.77

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.76

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.06

Temperature 10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR762 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR762. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR762 is distant 1,044.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 320.51

Distance (light year) 1,044.87

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.026 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD16226

SAO Catalogue SAO248595

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP11900

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-63 169

Visibility from Your Location

HR762 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Horologium