HR798

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -52.95° Az: 222.72° Direction: South-West

HR798 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Horologium.

HR798 visual magnitude is 6.55. Because of its faintness, HR798 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR798. The red arrow shows the motion of HR798 during the next 10000 years (4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 40m 04s

Declination -64° 10’ 24”

Hour Angle 07h 20m 59s

Sidereal Time 10h 01m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 39m 31s

Declination -64° 16’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 285.44°

Galactic Latitude -49.01°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR798.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.55

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 0.67

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR798 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR798. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR798 is distant 488.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 149.70

Distance (light year) 488.02

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.025 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD16891

SAO Catalogue SAO248616

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12389

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-64 192

Visibility from Your Location

HR798 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

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