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HR1587

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 42.53°   Az: 340.05°   Direction: North-North-West

HR1587 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR1587 visual magnitude is 6.66. Because of its faintness, HR1587 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR1587 star
DSS2 image of HR1587. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1587 during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 07m 24s
+73° 47’ 49”
07h 42m 49s
12h 50m 14s

J2000

05h 04m 13s
+73° 45’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

138.24°
19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1587.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.66
Hypergiant

-1.39
K0
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1587 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1587. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1587 is distant 1,330.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

408.16
1,330.61
22 km/s
0.021 arcsec/y
-0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO5403
SAO5403

Visibility from Your Location

HR1587 is circumpolar and transits at 13:45 UTC (altitude: 67.7°)