HR1510

Altitude: 33.3° Azimuth: 7.9° Direction: North

HR1510 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR1510 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1510 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 HR1510:

Color of HR1510 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1510 6.37

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1510 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 33.3°
Azimuth: 7.9°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1510

HR1510 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1510 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 04h 50m 36s

Declination J2000 +70° 56’ 30”

Galactic Longitude 140.05°

Galactic Latitude 16.55°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1510 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1510.

Visibility of HR1510 from your location

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

HR1510 is circumpolar and transits at 11:32 UTC (altitude: 70.5°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1510

The image below is a photograph of HR1510 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 HR1510 is 0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.02 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1510. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1510 during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1510 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1510 is distant 646.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 198.41 pc

Distance (light year) 646.83 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.02 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1510

HR1510 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.12

Spectral Type A0IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature of HR1510 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1510 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1510. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1510

Henry Draper Catalogue HD30085

SAO Catalogue SAO5326

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP22508

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+70 322

FK5 Catalogue 2358

In Evidence

Other stars in Camelopardalis