HR769

Above the horizon. Rise: 16:44 | Tran: 4:09 | Set: 15:30

Alt: 42.92° Az: 280.81° Direction: West

HR769 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR769 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR769 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.

DSS2 image of HR769. The red arrow shows the motion of HR769 during the next 100000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 40m 00s

Declination +38° 11’ 42”

Hour Angle 04h 24m 57s

Sideral Time 07h 04m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 38m 27s

Declination +38° 05’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 145.1°

Galactic Latitude -20.13°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR769.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.3

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.46

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR769 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR769. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR769 is distant 734.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 225.23

Distance (light year) 734.23

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD16350

SAO Catalogue SAO55735

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12305

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+37 591

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR769 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 51.8° RISE 16:44

Max altitude: 76.7° TRANSIT 4:09

Azimuth: 308.2° SET 15:30

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Andromeda