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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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HR1056

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 34.11°   Az: 51.74°   Direction: North-East

HR1056 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Perseus.

HR1056 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its faintness, HR1056 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 HR1056 star
DSS2 image of HR1056. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1056 during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 33m 18s
+49° 17’ 40”
17h 41m 44s
21h 15m 03s

J2000

03h 31m 29s
+49° 12’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

147.9°
-5.74°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1056.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.29
Hypergiant

0.51
A0V
9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1056 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1056. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1056 is distant 467.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

143.47
467.72
-23 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO38906
SAO38906

Visibility from Your Location

HR1056 is circumpolar and transits at 12:03 UTC (altitude: 87.8°)