HR1626

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:11 | Tran: 6:23 | Set: 15:31

Alt: -0.05° Az: 35.24° Direction: North-East

HR1626 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Auriga.

HR1626 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, HR1626 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 HR1626. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1626 during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 05m 49s

Declination +30° 31’ 38”

Hour Angle 14h 48m 13s

Sideral Time 19h 54m 02s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 04m 14s

Declination +30° 29’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 173.66°

Galactic Latitude -6.57°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1626.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.14

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.12

Spectral Type K0II

Color Index (B-V) 1.21

Temperature 4289K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1626 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1626. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1626 is distant 581.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 178.25

Distance (light year) 581.11

Radial Speed 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD32406

SAO Catalogue SAO57610

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23583

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+30 772

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1626 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 59.5° RISE 21:11

Max altitude: 69.0° TRANSIT 6:23

Azimuth: 300.5° SET 15:31

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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