Hassaleh - ι Aurigae (iota Aurigae)

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:34 | Tran: 6:16 | Set: 15:54

Alt: -1.97° Az: 337.37° Direction: North-North-West

Hassaleh, also designated as ι Aurigae (iota Aurigae), is a variable bright giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Auriga.

Hassaleh visual magnitude is 2.69. Because of its brightness, Hassaleh is clearly visible to the naked eye when observed from locations with dark skies, and should be also quite easily visible from light polluted areas.

Image of Hassaleh - ι Aurigae (iota Aurigae) star

DSS2 image of Hassaleh. The red arrow shows the motion of Hassaleh during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 58m 36s

Declination +33° 12’ 10”

Hour Angle 10h 10m 32s

Sideral Time 15h 09m 09s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 56m 59s

Declination +33° 09’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 170.59°

Galactic Latitude -6.16°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for Hassaleh - ι Aurigae (iota Aurigae).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 2.69

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -3.29

Spectral Type K3II

Color Index (B-V) 1.53

Temperature 3749K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Hassaleh is distant 511.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 156.99

Distance (light year) 511.77

Radial Speed 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Hassaleh

Bayer designation ι Aurigae
(iota Aurigae)

Flamsteed designation 3 Aurigae

Henry Draper Catalogue HD31398

SAO Catalogue SAO57522

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23015

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+32 855

FK5 Catalogue 181

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 1778

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 56.8° RISE 20:34

Max altitude: 71.7° TRANSIT 6:16

Azimuth: 303.2° SET 15:54

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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