HR805

Below the horizon. Rise: 2:00 | Tran: 2:30 | Set: 3:00

Alt: -4.55° Az: 153.87° Direction: South-South-East

HR805 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR805 visual magnitude is 6.01. Because of its faintness, HR805 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 HR805. The red arrow shows the motion of HR805 during the next 10000 years (3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 43m 05s

Declination -38° 16’ 45”

Hour Angle 21h 43m 58s

Sideral Time 00h 27m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 42m 06s

Declination -38° 23’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 245.9°

Galactic Latitude -64.29°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR805.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.01

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.68

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.92

Temperature 4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR805 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR805. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR805 is distant 379.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 116.41

Distance (light year) 379.51

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.018 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD16975

SAO Catalogue SAO193873

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12608

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-38 894

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR805 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.3° RISE 2:00

Max altitude: 0.2° TRANSIT 2:30

Azimuth: 231.7° SET 3:00

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax