HR1032

Altitude: 34.5° Azimuth: 8.7° Direction: North

HR1032 is a giant star in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR1032 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1032 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 HR1032:

Color of HR1032 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1032 6.32

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1032 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 34.5°
Azimuth: 8.7°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1032

HR1032 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1032 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 30m 19s

Declination J2000 +71° 51’ 50”

Galactic Longitude 134.7°

Galactic Latitude 12.72°

Constellation Cassiopeia

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1032 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1032.

Visibility of HR1032 from your location

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

HR1032 is circumpolar and transits at 22:28 UTC (altitude: 69.6°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1032

The image below is a photograph of HR1032 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 HR1032 is 0.01 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.005 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1032. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1032 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1032 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1032 is distant 855.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 262.47 pc

Distance (light year) 855.64 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -23 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.01 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.005 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1032

HR1032 belongs to spectral class M2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.78

Spectral Type M2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.8

Temperature of HR1032 3392K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1032 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1032. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1032

Henry Draper Catalogue HD21179

SAO Catalogue SAO4917

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP16319

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+71 201

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