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HR1242

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 28.76°   Az: 332.15°   Direction: North-North-West

HR1242 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR1242 visual magnitude is 5.06. Because of its faintness, HR1242 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 HR1242 star
DSS2 image of HR1242. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1242 during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 06m 33s
+59° 13’ 21”
08h 27m 20s
12h 33m 54s

J2000

04h 04m 27s
+59° 09’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

145.51°
5.03°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1242.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.06
Hypergiant

-3.57
F0II
6389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1242 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1242. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1242 is distant 1,734.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

531.91
1,734.04
-20 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO24384
SAO24384

Visibility from Your Location

HR1242 is circumpolar and transits at 18:30 UTC (altitude: 82.3°)