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HR1219

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -43.56°   Az: 256.23°   Direction: West-South-West

HR1219 is a variable and multiple hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR1219 visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, HR1219 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 HR1219 star
DSS2 image of HR1219. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1219 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 55m 15s
-40° 17’ 06”
07h 30m 43s
11h 25m 59s

J2000

03h 54m 23s
-40° 21’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

244.38°
-50.23°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1219.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.71
Hypergiant

-0.29
K0III
5968K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1219 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1219. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1219 is distant 515.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

158.23
515.82
2 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO216546
SAO216546

Visibility from Your Location

HR1219 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK