HR859

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:36 | Tran: 9:46 | Set: 14:57

Alt: 7.74° Az: 244.30° Direction: South-South-West

HR859 is a sub-giant star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR859 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR859 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 HR859. The red arrow shows the motion of HR859 during the next 10000 years (12.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 54m 04s

Declination -09° 20’ 16”

Hour Angle 04h 19m 12s

Sidereal Time 07h 13m 17s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 52m 50s

Declination -09° 26’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 187.02°

Galactic Latitude -56.35°

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Finder chart for HR859.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.32

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 1.31

Spectral Type A7IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.19

Temperature 8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR859 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR859. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR859 is distant 327.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 35 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 100.60

Distance (light year) 327.97

Radial Speed 35 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.074 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.05"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD17943

SAO Catalogue SAO130160

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP13421

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-10 569

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR859 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.3° RISE 4:36

Max altitude: 29.2° TRANSIT 9:46

Azimuth: 260.7° SET 14:57

Set Location

Other stars in Eridanus