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HR1550

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 77.68°   Az: 228.99°   Direction: South-West

HR1550 is a giant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Auriga.

HR1550 visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, HR1550 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 HR1550 star
DSS2 image of HR1550. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1550 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 54m 35s
+42° 37’ 37”
00h 50m 32s
05h 45m 08s

J2000

04h 52m 47s
+42° 35’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

162.71°
-0.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1550.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.71
Giant

-0.29
A3III
8932K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1550 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1550. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1550 is distant 516.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

158.48
516.64
-1 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO39826
SAO39826

Visibility from Your Location

HR1550 is circumpolar and transits at 12:45 UTC (altitude: 81.1°)