HR817

Above the horizon. Rise: 15:01 | Tran: 17:29 | Set: 19:56

Alt: 0.32° Az: 209.79° Direction: South-South-West

HR817 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR817 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR817 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 HR817. The red arrow shows the motion of HR817 during the next 10000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 45m 23s

Declination -32° 25’ 11”

Hour Angle 02h 24m 13s

Sidereal Time 05h 09m 37s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 44m 20s

Declination -32° 31’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 232.25°

Galactic Latitude -65°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR817.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.22

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.07

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.04

Temperature 9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR817 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR817. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR817 is distant 349.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 107.07

Distance (light year) 349.04

Radial Speed 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD17168

SAO Catalogue SAO193888

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12786

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-33 943

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR817 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.4° RISE 15:01

Max altitude: 6.1° TRANSIT 17:29

Azimuth: 237.6° SET 19:56

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax