HR1661

Above the horizon. Rise: 9:54 | Tran: 14:45 | Set: 19:35

Alt: 24.37° Az: 194.46° Direction: South-South-West

HR1661 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Lepus.

HR1661 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, HR1661 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 HR1661. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1661 during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 07m 47s

Declination -13° 05’ 22”

Hour Angle 00h 54m 01s

Sidereal Time 06h 01m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 06m 36s

Declination -13° 07’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 213.32°

Galactic Latitude -29.1°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.05

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.82

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.06

Temperature 10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1661 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1661. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1661 is distant 363.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 111.36

Distance (light year) 363.03

Radial Speed 40 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.019 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD32996

SAO Catalogue SAO150149

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP23777

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-13 1063

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1661 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.1° RISE 9:54

Max altitude: 25.4° TRANSIT 14:45

Azimuth: 256.9° SET 19:35

Set Location

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