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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:07
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HR796

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:31 | Tran: 17:14 | Set: 21:57
Alt: -18.11°   Az: 269.40°   Direction: West

HR796 is a giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR796 visual magnitude is 5.98. Because of its faintness, HR796 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 HR796 star
DSS2 image of HR796. The red arrow shows the motion of HR796 during the next 10000 years (-5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 42m 45s
-14° 26’ 35”
06h 44m 14s
09h 27m 00s

J2000

02h 41m 34s
-14° 32’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

192.38°
-61.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR796.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.98
Giant

2.52
F5III
6724K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR796 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR796. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR796 is distant 160.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

49.29
160.67
2 km/s
-0.032 arcsec/y
0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO148550
SAO148550

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR796 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.4°
Max altitude: 24.1°
Azimuth: 255.6°