HR1040

Altitude: 22.5° Azimuth: 345.3° Direction: North-North-West

HR1040 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR1040 visual magnitude is 4.54. Because of its moderate brightness, HR1040 should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR1040:

Color of HR1040 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1040 4.54

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1040 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 22.5°
Azimuth: 345.3°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1040

HR1040 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 HR1040 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 29m 54s

Declination J2000 +58° 52’ 42”

Galactic Longitude 142.19°

Galactic Latitude 2.06°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1040 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1040.

Visibility of HR1040 from your location

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

HR1040 is circumpolar and transits at 22:08 UTC (altitude: 82.6°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1040

The image below is a photograph of HR1040 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 HR1040 is 0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR1040 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 757.58 pc

Distance (light year) 2,469.70 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1040

HR1040 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -4.86

Spectral Type A0I

Color Index (B-V) 0.56

Temperature of HR1040 6129K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR1040

Henry Draper Catalogue HD21389

SAO Catalogue SAO24061

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP16281

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+58 607

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