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HR1796

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:05 | Tran: 19:44 | Set: 5:27
Alt: 33.34°   Az: 283.20°   Direction: West-North-West

HR1796 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Auriga.

HR1796 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR1796 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 HR1796 star
DSS2 image of HR1796. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1796 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 28m 30s
+33° 16’ 56”
05h 06m 36s
10h 35m 06s

J2000

05h 26m 51s
+33° 15’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

174.19°
-1.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1796.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.15
Hypergiant

1.03
K0
4409K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1796 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1796. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1796 is distant 343.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

105.49
343.88
-9 km/s
0.013 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO58030
SAO58030

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1796 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.7°
Max altitude: 71.8°
Azimuth: 303.3°