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HR1558

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 63.28°   Az: 269.40°   Direction: West

HR1558 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Auriga.

HR1558 visual magnitude is 6.08. Because of its faintness, HR1558 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 HR1558 star
DSS2 image of HR1558. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1558 during the next 10000 years (4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 56m 39s
+44° 05’ 58”
02h 35m 01s
07h 31m 41s

J2000

04h 54m 51s
+44° 03’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

161.81°
0.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1558.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.08
Hypergiant

0.99
A0V
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1558 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1558. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1558 is distant 339.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

104.28
339.94
3 km/s
0.027 arcsec/y
-0.053"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO39851
SAO39851

Visibility from Your Location

HR1558 is circumpolar and transits at 19:08 UTC (altitude: 82.6°)