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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR1618

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:15 | Tran: 14:17 | Set: 20:19
Alt: 18.68°   Az: 246.27°   Direction: West-South-West

HR1618 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1618 visual magnitude is 5.92. Because of its faintness, HR1618 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 HR1618 star
DSS2 image of HR1618. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1618 during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 03m 08s
+00° 45’ 26”
04h 00m 34s
09h 03m 43s

J2000

05h 01m 50s
+00° 43’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

198.95°
-23.81°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1618.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.92
Hypergiant

0.00
K0
4176K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1618 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1618. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1618 is distant 497.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

152.67
497.71
21 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO112334
SAO112334

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1618 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.2°
Max altitude: 39.3°
Azimuth: 270.8°