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HR864

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 60.95°   Az: 288.73°   Direction: West-North-West

HR864 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Perseus.

HR864 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR864 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 HR864 star
DSS2 image of HR864. The red arrow shows the motion of HR864 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 58m 38s
+51° 21’ 41”
03h 09m 41s
06h 08m 20s

J2000

02h 56m 50s
+51° 15’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

142.08°
-6.89°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR864.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22
Giant

-0.36
K5III
3691K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR864 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR864. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR864 is distant 674.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

207.04
674.95
5 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO23721
SAO23721

Visibility from Your Location

HR864 is circumpolar and transits at 11:36 UTC (altitude: 89.9°)