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HR1546

Altitude: 18.3°   Azimuth: 21.3°   Direction: North-North-East

HR1546 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR1546 visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1546 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 HR1546:

6.41
Main-sequence

HR1546 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 18.3°
Azimuth: 21.3°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1546

HR1546 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 HR1546 are provided in the following table:

04h 53m 09s
+52° 50’ 26”
154.8°
5.63°
Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1546 in the sky:

Finder chart HR1546 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1546.

Visibility of HR1546 from your location

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

HR1546 is circumpolar and transits at 11:34 UTC (altitude: 88.6°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1546

The image below is a photograph of HR1546 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 HR1546 is -0.008 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.021 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR1546 star
DSS2 image of HR1546. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1546 during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1546 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1546 is distant 523.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

160.51 pc
523.27 ly
-13 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/year
-0.021 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1546

HR1546 belongs to spectral class A2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

0.38
A2V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1546 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1546. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1546

SAO24894
SAO24894