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HR816

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:40 | Tran: 17:02 | Set: 23:25
Alt: -15.85°   Az: 299.80°   Direction: West-North-West

HR816 is a giant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR816 visual magnitude is 6.03. Because of its faintness, HR816 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 HR816 star
DSS2 image of HR816. The red arrow shows the motion of HR816 during the next 10000 years (11.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 46m 40s
+04° 48’ 59”
08h 12m 23s
10h 59m 03s

J2000

02h 45m 20s
+04° 42’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

168.09°
-47.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR816.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.03
Giant

2.48
F0
7399K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR816 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR816. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR816 is distant 167.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

51.28
167.18
20 km/s
0.068 arcsec/y
-0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO110730
SAO110730

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR816 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 85.2°
Max altitude: 43.3°
Azimuth: 274.8°