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HR1041

Altitude: -4.4°   Azimuth: 6.4°   Direction: North

HR1041 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Perseus.

HR1041 visual magnitude is 5.61. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1041 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 HR1041:

5.61
Main-sequence

HR1041 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -4.4°
Azimuth: 6.4°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1041

HR1041 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 HR1041 are provided in the following table:

03h 28m 20s
+33° 48’ 26”
156.6°
-18.61°
Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1041 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1041 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1041.

Visibility of HR1041 from your location

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

Today's HR1041 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.2°
Max altitude: 72.3°
Azimuth: 303.8°
HR1041 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1041

The image below is a photograph of HR1041 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 HR1041 is 0.037 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.057 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1041 star
DSS2 image of HR1041. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1041 during the next 10000 years (6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1041 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1041 is distant 342.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

105.15 pc
342.80 ly
6 km/s
0.037 arcsec/year
-0.057 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1041

HR1041 belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

0.50
A2V
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1041 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1041. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1041

SAO56475
SAO56475