HR1193

Altitude: 5.8° Azimuth: 298.5° Direction: West-North-West

HR1193 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1193 visual magnitude is 6.83. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1193 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 HR1193:

Color of HR1193 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1193 6.83

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1193 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 5.8°
Azimuth: 298.5°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1193

HR1193 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1193 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 51m 36s

Declination J2000 +22° 01’ 54”

Galactic Longitude 168.97°

Galactic Latitude -24.32°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1193 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1193.

Visibility of HR1193 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 HR1193 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: 68.0° RISE 14:30

Max altitude: 60.6° TRANSIT 22:30

Azimuth: 292.0° SET 6:33

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1193

The image below is a photograph of HR1193 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 HR1193 is 0.013 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.019 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1193. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1193 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1193 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1193 is distant 377.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 63 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 115.74 pc

Distance (light year) 377.31 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 63 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.013 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.019 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1193

HR1193 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.51

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V)

Temperature of HR1193 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1193 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1193. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1193

Henry Draper Catalogue HD24154

SAO Catalogue SAO76275

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP18059

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+21 539

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