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Sunset: 19:07
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HR1089

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:15 | Tran: 4:49 | Set: 11:20
Alt: -11.26°   Az: 295.81°   Direction: West-North-West

HR1089 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1089 visual magnitude is 6.49. Because of its faintness, HR1089 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 HR1089 star
DSS2 image of HR1089. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1089 during the next 10000 years (-1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 36m 08s
+06° 29’ 56”
07h 49m 11s
11h 25m 19s

J2000

03h 34m 49s
+06° 25’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

178.7°
-38.17°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1089 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1089.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.49
Hypergiant

0.84
G0
5853K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1089 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1089. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1089 is distant 438.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

134.59
438.76
-11 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO111273
SAO111273

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1089 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.5°
Max altitude: 45.0°
Azimuth: 276.5°