HR1051

Altitude: 9.6° Azimuth: 0.1° Direction: North

HR1051 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Perseus.

HR1051 visual magnitude is 5.82. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1051 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 HR1051:

Color of HR1051 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1051 5.82

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1051 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 9.6°
Azimuth: 0.1°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1051

HR1051 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 HR1051 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 30m 37s

Declination J2000 +48° 06’ 12”

Galactic Longitude 148.42°

Galactic Latitude -6.73°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1051 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1051.

Visibility of HR1051 from your location

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

HR1051 is circumpolar and transits at 10:32 UTC (altitude: 86.6°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1051

The image below is a photograph of HR1051 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 HR1051 is 0.032 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.029 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1051. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1051 during the next 10000 years (5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1051 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1051 is distant 869.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 266.67 pc

Distance (light year) 869.33 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.032 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.029 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1051

HR1051 belongs to spectral class B8 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -1.31

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature of HR1051 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1051 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1051. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1051

Henry Draper Catalogue HD21551

SAO Catalogue SAO38893

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP16340

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+47 844

In Evidence

Other stars in Perseus