HR1758

Below the horizon. Rise: 11:25 | Tran: 14:42 | Set: 17:59

Alt: -24.93° Az: 103.26° Direction: East-South-East

HR1758 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Columba.

HR1758 visual magnitude is 5.99. Because of its faintness, HR1758 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 HR1758. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1758 during the next 10000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 20m 24s

Declination -27° 20’ 39”

Hour Angle 17h 34m 11s

Sidereal Time 22h 54m 35s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 19m 23s

Declination -27° 22’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 229.99°

Galactic Latitude -31.24°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.99

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.31

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1758 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1758. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1758 is distant 445.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 136.80

Distance (light year) 445.96

Radial Speed 18 km/s

Proper Motion Dec -0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD34868

SAO Catalogue SAO170311

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP24831

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-27 2204

FK5 Catalogue 198

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1758 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.3° RISE 11:25

Max altitude: 11.2° TRANSIT 14:42

Azimuth: 242.7° SET 17:59

Set Location

Other stars in Columba