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HR1282

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 30.42°   Az: 5.40°   Direction: South-West

HR1282 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR1282 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR1282 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 HR1282 star
DSS2 image of HR1282. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1282 during the next 10000 years (-7.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 15m 27s
+68° 33’ 53”
12h 51m 17s
17h 06m 44s

J2000

04h 12m 51s
+68° 30’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

139.73°
12.48°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1282.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.32
Hypergiant

0.95
K0
4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1282 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1282. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1282 is distant 386.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

118.62
386.71
-24 km/s
-0.045 arcsec/y
0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO13061
SAO13061

Visibility from Your Location

HR1282 is circumpolar and transits at 10:12 UTC (altitude: 72.9°)