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HR1561

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 48.35°   Az: 300.98°   Direction: West-North-West

HR1561 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR1561 visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, HR1561 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 HR1561 star
DSS2 image of HR1561. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1561 during the next 100000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 58m 08s
+52° 54’ 27”
04h 43m 28s
09h 41m 36s

J2000

04h 56m 07s
+52° 52’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

155.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1561.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Main-sequence

-0.08
A2V
8932K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1561 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1561. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1561 is distant 478.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

146.63
478.01
-22 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO24919
SAO24919

Visibility from Your Location

HR1561 is circumpolar and transits at 13:20 UTC (altitude: 88.6°)