HR1198

Altitude: 10.5° Azimuth: 353.3° Direction: North

HR1198 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Perseus.

HR1198 visual magnitude is 5.76. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1198 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 HR1198:

Color of HR1198 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1198 5.76

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1198 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 10.5°
Azimuth: 353.3°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1198

HR1198 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 HR1198 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 53m 38s

Declination J2000 +48° 39’ 02”

Galactic Longitude 151.15°

Galactic Latitude -3.98°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1198 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1198.

Visibility of HR1198 from your location

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

HR1198 is circumpolar and transits at 10:55 UTC (altitude: 87.2°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1198

The image below is a photograph of HR1198 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 HR1198 is 0.036 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.029 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR1198 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 131.93 pc

Distance (light year) 430.08 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 8 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.036 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.029 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1198

HR1198 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.16

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.05

Temperature of HR1198 4626K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR1198

Henry Draper Catalogue HD24240

SAO Catalogue SAO39175

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP18212

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+48 1015

In Evidence

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