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HR1018

Altitude: 1.0°   Azimuth: 135.7°   Direction: South-East

HR1018 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Fornax.

HR1018 visual magnitude is 6.35. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1018 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR1018 is 0.009 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1018 star
DSS2 image of HR1018. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1018 during the next 100000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR1018

6.35
Hypergiant

HR1018 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 1.0°
Azimuth: 135.7°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1018

HR1018 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1018 are provided in the following table:

03h 22m 16s
-25° 35’ 16”
219.04°
-56.3°
Fornax

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1018 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1018 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1018.

Visibility of HR1018 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 HR1018 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: 115.6°
Max altitude: 12.9°
Azimuth: 244.4°

Distance of HR1018 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1018 is distant 449.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

137.93 pc
449.66 ly
25 km/s
0.009 arcsec/year
-0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1018

HR1018 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

0.65
A0V
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1018 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1018. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1018

SAO168493
SAO168493