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public  Cayambe, Ecuador Cayambe, Ecuador  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Guayaquil
Sunrise: 6:14 
Transit: 12:16 
Sunset: 18:19
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HR1039

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:55 | Tran: 8:53 | Set: 14:51
Alt: -38.65°   Az: 73.46°   Direction: East-North-East

HR1039 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1039 visual magnitude is 6.28. Because of its faintness, HR1039 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.

Image of HR1039 star
DSS2 image of HR1039. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1039 during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 28m 43s
+12° 49’ 20”
15h 20m 36s
18h 49m 19s

J2000

03h 27m 18s
+12° 44’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

171.47°
-35.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1039.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.28
Hypergiant

1.19
A0V
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1039 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1039. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1039 is distant 340.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

104.38
340.29
15 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO93439
SAO93439

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1039 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 77.2°
Max altitude: 77.2°
Azimuth: 282.8°