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HR1049

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -44.04°   Az: 105.47°   Direction: East-South-East

HR1049 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1049 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR1049 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 HR1049 star
DSS2 image of HR1049. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1049 during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 27m 04s
-41° 33’ 04”
16h 31m 10s
19h 58m 15s

J2000

03h 26m 11s
-41° 38’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

247.78°
-55.3°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1049 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1049.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.32
Hypergiant

0.66
A0V
9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1049 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1049. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1049 is distant 441.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

135.32
441.14
12 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO216316
SAO216316

Visibility from Your Location

HR1049 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK