HR894

Above the horizon. Rise: 14:58 | Tran: 2:25 | Set: 13:48

Alt: 67.61° Az: 243.84° Direction: West-South-West

HR894 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Perseus.

HR894 visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its faintness, HR894 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 HR894. The red arrow shows the motion of HR894 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 01m 46s

Declination +38° 13’ 43”

Hour Angle 01h 43m 12s

Sidereal Time 04h 44m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 00m 11s

Declination +38° 07’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 149.09°

Galactic Latitude -18.11°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR894.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.11

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -1.56

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.06

Temperature 10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR894 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR894. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR894 is distant 1,112.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 341.30

Distance (light year) 1,112.63

Radial Speed -16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD18552

SAO Catalogue SAO56067

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP13997

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+37 675

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR894 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 51.8° RISE 14:58

Max altitude: 76.7° TRANSIT 2:25

Azimuth: 308.2° SET 13:48

Set Location

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