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Other stars in Dorado
HR1540
Below the horizon.
Never rises today
Alt: -53.46°
Az: 224.63°
Direction: South-West
HR1540 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Dorado.
HR1540 visual magnitude is 6.46. Because of its faintness, HR1540 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.
DSS2 image of HR1540. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1540 during the next
10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for HR1540.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1540 is situated in the HertzsprungāRussell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1540.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
HR1540 is distant 455.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
HR1540 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK