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HR1198

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 11.68°   Az: 13.44°   Direction: North-North-East

HR1198 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Perseus.

HR1198 visual magnitude is 5.76. Because of its faintness, HR1198 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 HR1198 star
DSS2 image of HR1198. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1198 during the next 10000 years (6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 55m 29s
+48° 43’ 26”
13h 20m 42s
17h 16m 12s

J2000

03h 53m 38s
+48° 39’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

151.15°
-3.98°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1198.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.76
Hypergiant

0.16
K0III
4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1198 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1198. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1198 is distant 430.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

131.93
430.08
8 km/s
0.036 arcsec/y
-0.029"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO39175
SAO39175

Visibility from Your Location

HR1198 is circumpolar and transits at 11:42 UTC (altitude: 87.2°)