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HR1507

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:06 | Tran: 19:01 | Set: 2:00
Alt: 35.72°   Az: 121.31°   Direction: East-South-East

HR1507 is a variable and multiple hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1507 visual magnitude is 5.4. Because of its faintness, HR1507 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.

Image of HR1507 star
DSS2 image of HR1507. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1507 during the next 1000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.25 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 45m 49s
+11° 11’ 27”
21h 00m 00s
01h 45m 50s

J2000

04h 44m 25s
+11° 08’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

186.9°
-21.8°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1507.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.4
Hypergiant

1.98
F0V
7795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1507 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1507. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR1507 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 HR1507 double sysyem:

5.4
11.2
5.8
74.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1507 is distant 157.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

48.24
157.26
40 km/s
0.1 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO94095
SAO94095

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1507 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.8°
Max altitude: 49.7°
Azimuth: 281.2°