HR795

Altitude: 20.1° Azimuth: 236.2° Direction: South-West

HR795 is a giant star in the constellation of Cetus.

HR795 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its reltive faintness, HR795 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR795:

Color of HR795 ⬤

Magnitude of HR795 6.05

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR795 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 20.1°
Azimuth: 236.2°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR795

HR795 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR795 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 02h 41m 48s

Declination J2000 -03° 12’ 47”

Galactic Longitude 175.53°

Galactic Latitude -54.4°

Constellation Cetus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR795 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR795.

Visibility of HR795 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR795 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.2° RISE 16:13

Max altitude: 35.3° TRANSIT 21:55

Azimuth: 266.8° SET 3:41

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR795

The image below is a photograph of HR795 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR795 is -0.019 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR795. The red arrow shows the motion of HR795 during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR795 from the Sun and relative movement

HR795 is distant 726.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 222.72 pc

Distance (light year) 726.06 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.019 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR795

HR795 belongs to spectral class G9

Absolute magnitude -0.69

Spectral Type G9

Color Index (B-V) 1.17

Temperature of HR795 4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR795 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR795. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR795

Henry Draper Catalogue HD16824

SAO Catalogue SAO130061

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12584

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-03 421

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