HR1026

Altitude: 3.2° Azimuth: 8.3° Direction: North

HR1026 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Perseus.

HR1026 visual magnitude is 6.51. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1026 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 HR1026:

Color of HR1026 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1026 6.51

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1026 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 3.2°
Azimuth: 8.3°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1026

HR1026 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1026 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 25m 09s

Declination J2000 +41° 15’ 25”

Galactic Longitude 151.58°

Galactic Latitude -12.91°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1026 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1026.

Visibility of HR1026 from your location

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

HR1026 is circumpolar and transits at 10:26 UTC (altitude: 79.8°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1026

The image below is a photograph of HR1026 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 HR1026 is -0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.001 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1026. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1026 during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1026 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1026 is distant 677.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 207.90 pc

Distance (light year) 677.75 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -19 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.001 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1026

HR1026 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.08

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V)

Temperature of HR1026 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1026 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1026. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1026

Henry Draper Catalogue HD21038

SAO Catalogue SAO38809

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP15925

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+40 736

In Evidence

Other stars in Perseus