HR1575

Above the horizon. Rise: 19:55 | Tran: 4:17 | Set: 12:35

Alt: 61.39° Az: 154.94° Direction: South-South-East

HR1575 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1575 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR1575 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 HR1575. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1575 during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 04h 57m 46s

Declination +24° 37’ 46”

Hour Angle 23h 08m 25s

Sidereal Time 04h 06m 11s

J2000

Right Ascension 04h 56m 15s

Declination +24° 35’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 177.35°

Galactic Latitude -11.54°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1575.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.37

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 3.19

Spectral Type F0

Color Index (B-V) 0.33

Temperature 7276K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1575 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1575. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1575 is distant 140.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 43.20

Distance (light year) 140.82

Radial Speed -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.026 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD31362

SAO Catalogue SAO76848

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP22949

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+24 709

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1575 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.4° RISE 19:55

Max altitude: 63.1° TRANSIT 4:17

Azimuth: 294.6° SET 12:35

Set Location

Other stars in Taurus