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HR1055

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 57.09°   Az: 26.95°   Direction: North-North-East

HR1055 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR1055 visual magnitude is 6.57. Because of its faintness, HR1055 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR1055 star
DSS2 image of HR1055. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1055 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 37m 58s
+73° 25’ 39”
20h 01m 12s
23h 39m 11s

J2000

03h 35m 12s
+73° 20’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

134.1°
14.14°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1055 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1055.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.57
Hypergiant

0.19
A0V
9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1055 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1055. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1055 is distant 615.09 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

188.68
615.09
-9 km/s
0.013 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO4936
SAO4936

Visibility from Your Location

HR1055 is circumpolar and transits at 02:13 UTC (altitude: 68.1°)