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HR134

Altitude: 46.1°   Azimuth: 258.0°   Direction: West-South-West

HR134 is a multiple hypergiant star in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR134 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its reltive faintness, HR134 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR134:

6.3
Hypergiant

HR134 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 46.1°
Azimuth: 258.0°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR134

HR134 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR134 are provided in the following table:

00h 32m 49s
+28° 16’ 49”
117.96°
-34.41°
Andromeda

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR134 in the sky:

Finder chart HR134 star
Simplified finder chart for HR134.

Visibility of HR134 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR134 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.7°
Max altitude: 66.8°
Azimuth: 298.3°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR134

The image below is a photograph of HR134 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR134 is -0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.007 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR134 star
DSS2 image of HR134. The red arrow shows the motion of HR134 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 11.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR134 from the Sun and relative movement

HR134 is distant 469.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

143.88 pc
469.06 ly
-12 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/year
0.007 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR134

HR134 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

0.51
K0III
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR134 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR134. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR134 star system properties

HR134 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR134 double sysyem:

6.3
11.2
4.9
8.5 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR134

SAO74090
SAO74090