HR900

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:47 | Tran: 2:55 | Set: 5:59

Alt: -61.49° Az: 46.24° Direction: North-East

HR900 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR900 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, HR900 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 HR900. The red arrow shows the motion of HR900 during the next 10000 years (3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 00m 09s

Declination -28° 48’ 33”

Hour Angle 13h 32m 41s

Sideral Time 16h 32m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 59m 06s

Declination -28° 54’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 224.1°

Galactic Latitude -61.85°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR900.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.14

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.05

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.04

Temperature 4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR900 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR900. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR900 is distant 339.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 104.06

Distance (light year) 339.23

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.018 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD18650

SAO Catalogue SAO168202

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP13907

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-29 1106

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR900 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.8° RISE 23:47

Max altitude: 9.7° TRANSIT 2:55

Azimuth: 241.2° SET 5:59

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax