HR1222

Altitude: 57.2° Azimuth: 136.2° Direction: South-East

HR1222 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1222 visual magnitude is 6.16. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1222 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 HR1222:

Color of HR1222 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1222 6.16

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1222 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 57.2°
Azimuth: 136.2°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1222

HR1222 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 HR1222 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 57m 26s

Declination J2000 +24° 27’ 42”

Galactic Longitude 168.19°

Galactic Latitude -21.64°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1222 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1222.

Visibility of HR1222 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 HR1222 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: 65.5° RISE 15:02

Max altitude: 63.0° TRANSIT 23:19

Azimuth: 294.5° SET 7:39

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1222

The image below is a photograph of HR1222 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 HR1222 is 0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.012 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1222. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1222 during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1222 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1222 is distant 1,072.37 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 328.95 pc

Distance (light year) 1,072.37 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.012 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1222

HR1222 belongs to spectral class K0

Absolute magnitude -1.43

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.37

Temperature of HR1222 4000K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1222 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1222. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1222

Henry Draper Catalogue HD24802

SAO Catalogue SAO76350

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP18508

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 599

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