HR1018

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:35 | Tran: 3:10 | Set: 6:42

Alt: -35.18° Az: 272.29° Direction: West

HR1018 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR1018 visual magnitude is 6.35. Because of its faintness, HR1018 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.

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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 23m 20s

Declination -25° 30’ 01”

Hour Angle 07h 40m 48s

Sideral Time 11h 04m 09s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 22m 16s

Declination -25° 35’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 219.04°

Galactic Latitude -56.3°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1018.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.35

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.65

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

Distance (parsec) 137.93

Distance (light year) 449.66

Radial Speed 25 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD20980

SAO Catalogue SAO168493

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP15700

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-26 1257

FK5 Catalogue 2237

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1018 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.5° RISE 23:35

Max altitude: 13.0° TRANSIT 3:10

Azimuth: 244.5° SET 6:42

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax