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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:38  ☀️ Transit: 13:03  🌅 Sunset: 19:28

HR9015

HR9015 is a giant star in the constellation of Pisces.

HR9015 visual magnitude is 6.46. Because of its reltive faintness, HR9015 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR9015:

6.46
Giant
HR9015 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR9015

HR9015 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR9015 are provided in the following table:

23h 48m 49s
+02° 12’ 51”
93.25°
-57°
Pisces

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR9015 in the sky:

Finder chart HR9015 star
Simplified finder chart for HR9015.

Visibility of HR9015 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR9015 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.8°
Max altitude: 40.7°
Azimuth: 272.2°
HR9015 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR9015

The image below is a photograph of HR9015 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR9015 is 0.007 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.042 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR9015 star
DSS2 image of HR9015. The red arrow shows the motion of HR9015 during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR9015 from the Sun and relative movement

HR9015 is distant 180.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

55.28 pc
180.21 ly
-25 km/s
0.007 arcsec/year
-0.042 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR9015

HR9015 belongs to spectral class F5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

2.75
F5III
6674K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR9015 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR9015. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR9015

SAO128393
SAO128393