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HR174

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:03 | Tran: 1:44 | Set: 7:21
Alt: 27.86°   Az: 217.11°   Direction: South-West

HR174 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR174 visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its faintness, HR174 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 HR174 star
DSS2 image of HR174. The red arrow shows the motion of HR174 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 41m 57s
-04° 12’ 59”
02h 09m 20s
02h 51m 18s

J2000

00h 40m 42s
-04° 21’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

116.05°
-67.08°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR174 star
Simplified finder chart for HR174.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.91
Hypergiant

-0.33
K0III
4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR174 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR174. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR174 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR174 double sysyem:

5.91
8.41
2.5
64.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR174 is distant 575.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 35 kilometers per second.

176.68
575.97
35 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO128891
SAO128891

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR174 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.2°
Max altitude: 34.3°
Azimuth: 265.8°