HR1285

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -71.65° Az: 288.60° Direction: West-North-West

HR1285 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Horologium.

HR1285 visual magnitude is 6.59. Because of its faintness, HR1285 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR1285. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1285 during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 08m 15s

Declination -42° 51’ 01”

Hour Angle 10h 23m 57s

Sidereal Time 14h 32m 12s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 07m 25s

Declination -42° 55’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 247.93°

Galactic Latitude -47.57°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1285.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.59

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.96

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.93

Temperature 4917K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1285 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1285. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1285 is distant 435.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 133.69

Distance (light year) 435.83

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.005 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD26262

SAO Catalogue SAO216655

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19242

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-43 1304

Visibility from Your Location

HR1285 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Horologium