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HR1598

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -28.94°   Az: 188.22°   Direction: South

HR1598 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Dorado.

HR1598 visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its faintness, HR1598 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 HR1598 star
DSS2 image of HR1598. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1598 during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 53m 33s
-66° 38’ 10”
01h 13m 33s
06h 07m 06s

J2000

04h 53m 30s
-66° 40’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

277.61°
-36.31°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1598 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1598.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.41
Hypergiant

-1.32
M0III
3608K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1598 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1598. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1598 is distant 1,147.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

352.11
1,147.89
-24 km/s
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO249138
SAO249138

Visibility from Your Location

HR1598 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK