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HR1824

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 21.17°   Az: 310.85°   Direction: North-West

HR1824 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Auriga.

HR1824 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR1824 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 HR1824 star
DSS2 image of HR1824. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1824 during the next 10000 years (0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 32m 36s
+41° 28’ 45”
07h 18m 43s
12h 51m 19s

J2000

05h 30m 48s
+41° 27’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

167.79°
4.13°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1824.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Hypergiant

0.63
K0III
4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1824 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1824. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1824 is distant 385.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

118.34
385.80
14 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
-0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO40387
SAO40387

Visibility from Your Location

HR1824 is circumpolar and transits at 13:54 UTC (altitude: 80.0°)