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HR1040

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 29.60°   Az: 32.64°   Direction: North-North-East

HR1040 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR1040 visual magnitude is 4.54. Because of its moderate brightness, HR1040 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR1040 star
DSS2 image of HR1040. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1040 during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 31m 58s
+58° 57’ 52”
16h 21m 49s
19h 53m 48s

J2000

03h 29m 54s
+58° 52’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

142.19°
2.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1040.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.54
Hypergiant

-4.86
A0I
6129K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1040 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1040. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1040 is distant 2,469.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

757.58
2,469.70
-6 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO24061
SAO24061

Visibility from Your Location

HR1040 is circumpolar and transits at 08:02 UTC (altitude: 79.1°)