HR1295

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:19 | Tran: 3:53 | Set: 11:23

Alt: -10.10° Az: 315.21° Direction: North-West

HR1295 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1295 visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its faintness, HR1295 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.

DSS2 image of HR1295. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1295 during the next 10000 years (8.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 13m 56s

Declination +17° 20’ 22”

Hour Angle 08h 53m 36s

Sideral Time 13h 07m 33s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 12m 31s

Declination +17° 16’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 176.47°

Galactic Latitude -24.06°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1295.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.09

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.38

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.08

Temperature 4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1295 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1295. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1295 is distant 285.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 87.57

Distance (light year) 285.46

Radial Speed 27 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.052 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD26546

SAO Catalogue SAO93810

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP19641

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 569

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1295 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.7° RISE 20:19

Max altitude: 55.9° TRANSIT 3:53

Azimuth: 287.3° SET 11:23

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus