HR1164

Altitude: -6.3° Azimuth: 1.6° Direction: North

HR1164 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Perseus.

HR1164 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1164 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 HR1164:

Color of HR1164 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1164 6.25

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1164 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -6.3°
Azimuth: 1.6°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1164

HR1164 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 HR1164 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 47m 48s

Declination J2000 +32° 11’ 42”

Galactic Longitude 161.02°

Galactic Latitude -17.33°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1164 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1164.

Visibility of HR1164 from your location

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

Today's HR1164 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.8° RISE 2:23

Max altitude: 70.7° TRANSIT 11:49

Azimuth: 302.2° SET 21:15

RIGHT NOW HR1164 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1164

The image below is a photograph of HR1164 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 HR1164 is -0.032 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.047 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1164. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1164 during the next 10000 years (-5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1164 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1164 is distant 181.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 55.80 pc

Distance (light year) 181.92 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.032 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.047 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1164

HR1164 belongs to spectral class G0

Absolute magnitude 2.52

Spectral Type G0

Color Index (B-V) 0.47

Temperature of HR1164 6528K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1164 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1164. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1164

Henry Draper Catalogue HD23626

SAO Catalogue SAO56707

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP17732

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+31 650

In Evidence

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