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HR784

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:45 | Tran: 11:55 | Set: 17:06
Alt: 19.98°   Az: 137.24°   Direction: South-East

HR784 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR784 visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its faintness, HR784 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 HR784 star
DSS2 image of HR784. The red arrow shows the motion of HR784 during the next 1000 years (-2.52 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.43 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 41m 26s
-09° 20’ 42”
21h 18m 49s
00h 00m 16s

J2000

02h 40m 12s
-09° 27’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

183.54°
-58.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR784.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

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5.78
Main-sequence

4.11
F6V
0.52
6300K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR784 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR784. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR784 is distant 70.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

21.54
70.23
-4 km/s
-0.151 arcsec/y
-0.086"/y

Alternative Designations

HD16673
SAO130047
SAO130047
HIP12444
BD-10 525
NN 3175

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR784 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.3°
Max altitude: 29.2°
Azimuth: 260.7°