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HR1255

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 83.12°   Az: 296.27°   Direction: West-North-West

HR1255 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR1255 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR1255 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 HR1255 star
DSS2 image of HR1255. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1255 during the next 1000 years (0.92 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.65 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 08m 35s
+54° 04’ 30”
00h 42m 12s
04h 50m 48s

J2000

04h 06m 36s
+54° 00’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

149.18°
1.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1255.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Hypergiant

1.36
K0III
4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1255 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1255. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1255 is distant 319.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

97.94
319.29
-8 km/s
0.055 arcsec/y
-0.099"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO24411
SAO24411

Visibility from Your Location

HR1255 is circumpolar and transits at 11:59 UTC (altitude: 87.4°)