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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:07
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HR9073

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:33 | Tran: 14:33 | Set: 17:32
Alt: -3.79°   Az: 134.86°   Direction: South-East

HR9073 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR9073 visual magnitude is 5.62. Because of its faintness, HR9073 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 HR9073 star
DSS2 image of HR9073. The red arrow shows the motion of HR9073 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 00m 45s
-29° 20’ 42”
20h 23m 04s
20h 23m 49s

J2000

23h 59m 27s
-29° 29’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

18.25°
-78.33°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR9073.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.62
Giant

-1.53
K5III
3649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR9073 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR9073. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR9073 is distant 878.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

269.54
878.71
-5 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO192294
SAO192294

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR9073 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.3°
Max altitude: 9.2°
Azimuth: 240.7°