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HR94

Altitude: -40.6°   Azimuth: 354.9°   Direction: North

HR94 is a giant star in the constellation of Pisces.

HR94 visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its reltive faintness, HR94 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 HR94:

6.07
Giant

HR94 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -40.6°
Azimuth: 354.9°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR94

HR94 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 HR94 are provided in the following table:

00h 24m 29s
-02° 13’ 09”
107.27°
-64.27°
Pisces

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR94 in the sky:

Finder chart HR94 star
Simplified finder chart for HR94.

Visibility of HR94 from your location

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

Today's HR94 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.2°
Max altitude: 36.3°
Azimuth: 267.8°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR94

The image below is a photograph of HR94 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 HR94 is -0.033 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.044 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR94 star
DSS2 image of HR94. The red arrow shows the motion of HR94 during the next 10000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR94 from the Sun and relative movement

HR94 is distant 540.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

165.84 pc
540.63 ly
15 km/s
-0.033 arcsec/year
-0.044 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR94

HR94 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.03
K1III
4270K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR94 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR94. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR94

SAO128743
SAO128743