HR1878

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:16 | Tran: 7:02 | Set: 15:44

Alt: 17.29° Az: 67.04° Direction: East-North-East

HR1878 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1878 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, HR1878 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 HR1878. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1878 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 37m 28s

Declination +27° 40’ 34”

Hour Angle 17h 32m 25s

Sideral Time 23h 09m 54s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 35m 55s

Declination +27° 39’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 179.95°

Galactic Latitude -2.48°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1878.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.27

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.68

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.54

Temperature 3734K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1878 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1878. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1878 is distant 799.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 245.10

Distance (light year) 799.02

Radial Speed -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.025 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD36859

SAO Catalogue SAO77295

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26291

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+27 806

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1878 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 62.3° RISE 22:16

Max altitude: 66.2° TRANSIT 7:02

Azimuth: 297.7° SET 15:44

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Taurus