HR783

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:38 | Tran: 12:07 | Set: 18:37

Alt: -30.47° Az: 340.20° Direction: North-North-West

HR783 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR783 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, HR783 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 HR783. The red arrow shows the motion of HR783 during the next 10000 years (8.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 41m 36s

Declination +06° 13’ 11”

Hour Angle 10h 51m 40s

Sidereal Time 13h 33m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 40m 15s

Declination +06° 06’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 165.32°

Galactic Latitude -47.6°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR783.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.25

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.26

Spectral Type F3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.4

Temperature 6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR783 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR783. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR783 is distant 129.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 39.62

Distance (light year) 129.16

Radial Speed 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.052 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD16647

SAO Catalogue SAO110673

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12447

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+05 374

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR783 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.8° RISE 5:38

Max altitude: 44.7° TRANSIT 12:07

Azimuth: 276.2° SET 18:37

Set Location

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