HR1029

Altitude: 63.4° Azimuth: 78.3° Direction: East-North-East

HR1029 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Perseus.

HR1029 visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1029 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 HR1029:

Color of HR1029 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1029 6.09

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1029 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 63.4°
Azimuth: 78.3°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1029

HR1029 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 HR1029 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 25m 57s

Declination J2000 +49° 07’ 14”

Galactic Longitude 147.2°

Galactic Latitude -6.33°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1029 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1029.

Visibility of HR1029 from your location

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

HR1029 is circumpolar and transits at 22:16 UTC (altitude: 87.6°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1029

The image below is a photograph of HR1029 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 HR1029 is 0.026 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.022 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1029. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1029 during the next 10000 years (4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1029 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1029 is distant 602.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 184.84 pc

Distance (light year) 602.59 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.026 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.022 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1029

HR1029 belongs to spectral class B7 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -0.24

Spectral Type B7V

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature of HR1029 11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1029 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1029. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1029

Henry Draper Catalogue HD21071

SAO Catalogue SAO38817

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP15988

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+48 913

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