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HR1382

Altitude: 24.3°   Azimuth: 23.0°   Direction: North-North-East

HR1382 is a double hypergiant star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR1382 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1382 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 HR1382:

6.32
Hypergiant

HR1382 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 24.3°
Azimuth: 23.0°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1382

HR1382 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 HR1382 are provided in the following table:

04h 27m 00s
+57° 35’ 07”
148.74°
5.96°
Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1382 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1382 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1382.

Visibility of HR1382 from your location

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

HR1382 is circumpolar and transits at 11:08 UTC (altitude: 83.9°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1382

The image below is a photograph of HR1382 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 HR1382 is 0.009 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.012 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1382 star
DSS2 image of HR1382. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1382 during the next 10000 years (1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1382 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1382 is distant 754.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

231.48 pc
754.63 ly
-1 km/s
0.009 arcsec/year
-0.012 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1382

HR1382 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

-0.50
A0III
9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1382 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1382. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR1382 star system properties

HR1382 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 HR1382 double sysyem:

6.32
12.22
5.9
20.6 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR1382

SAO24615
SAO24615