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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR1524

Altitude: -37.6°   Azimuth: 99.6°   Direction: East

HR1524 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Caelum.

HR1524 visual magnitude is 6.86. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1524 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 HR1524 is 0.04 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.018 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1524 star
DSS2 image of HR1524. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1524 during the next 10000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.00 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR1524

6.86
Hypergiant

HR1524 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: -37.6°
Azimuth: 99.6°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1524

HR1524 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1524 are provided in the following table:

04h 45m 49s
-34° 00’ 18”
235.96°
-39.75°
Caelum

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1524 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1524 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1524.

Visibility of HR1524 from your location

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

Today's HR1524 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.0°
Max altitude: 4.5°
Azimuth: 236.0°

Distance of HR1524 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1524 is distant 698.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

214.13 pc
698.07 ly
28 km/s
0.04 arcsec/year
0.018 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1524

HR1524 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

0.21
A0V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1524 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1524. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1524

SAO195275
SAO195275