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HR1241

Altitude: 30.8°   Azimuth: 7.1°   Direction: North

HR1241 is a giant star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR1241 visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1241 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 HR1241:

5.87
Giant

HR1241 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 30.8°
Azimuth: 7.1°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1241

HR1241 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1241 are provided in the following table:

04h 06m 03s
+68° 40’ 48”
139.15°
12.18°
Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1241 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1241 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1241.

Visibility of HR1241 from your location

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

HR1241 is circumpolar and transits at 10:51 UTC (altitude: 72.8°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1241

The image below is a photograph of HR1241 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 HR1241 is 0.002 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.001 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1241 star
DSS2 image of HR1241. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1241 during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1241 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1241 is distant 623.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 47 kilometers per second.

191.20 pc
623.33 ly
-47 km/s
0.002 arcsec/year
-0.001 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1241

HR1241 belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.54
K2III
3734K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1241 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1241. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1241

SAO13006
SAO13006