HR895

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:34 | Tran: 17:43 | Set: 22:52

Alt: -30.95° Az: 63.99° Direction: East-North-East

HR895 is a star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR895 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, HR895 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 HR895. The red arrow shows the motion of HR895 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 00m 00s

Declination -09° 40’ 38”

Hour Angle 15h 25m 44s

Sidereal Time 18h 25m 44s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 58m 47s

Declination -09° 46’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 189.01°

Galactic Latitude -55.34°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.14

Class

Absolute magnitude 1.37

Spectral Type A2

Color Index (B-V) 0.22

Temperature 8011K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR895 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR895. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR895 is distant 293.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 90.01

Distance (light year) 293.43

Radial Speed -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD18557

SAO Catalogue SAO130216

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP13883

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-10 585

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR895 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.7° RISE 12:34

Max altitude: 28.8° TRANSIT 17:43

Azimuth: 260.3° SET 22:52

Set Location

Other stars in Eridanus