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HR1482

Altitude: 26.3°   Azimuth: 44.3°   Direction: North-East

HR1482 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Perseus.

HR1482 visual magnitude is 5.67. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1482 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR1482 is 0.042 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.042 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1482 star
DSS2 image of HR1482. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1482 during the next 10000 years (7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR1482

5.67
Hypergiant

HR1482 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 26.3°
Azimuth: 44.3°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1482

HR1482 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 HR1482 are provided in the following table:

04h 41m 24s
+48° 18’ 02”
157.06°
1.28°
Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1482 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1482 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1482.

Visibility of HR1482 from your location

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

HR1482 is circumpolar and transits at 16:50 UTC (altitude: 86.8°)

Distance of HR1482 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1482 is distant 311.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

95.42 pc
311.07 ly
23 km/s
0.042 arcsec/year
-0.042 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1482

HR1482 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

0.77
A0V
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1482 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1482. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1482

SAO39688
SAO39688