HR1888

Above the horizon. Rise: 11:30 | Tran: 14:25 | Set: 17:19

Alt: 1.58° Az: 146.48° Direction: South-South-East

HR1888 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Columba.

HR1888 visual magnitude is 6.53. Because of its faintness, HR1888 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR1888. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1888 during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 34m 50s

Declination -29° 49’ 59”

Hour Angle 21h 21m 54s

Sidereal Time 02h 56m 45s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 33m 52s

Declination -29° 50’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 233.78°

Galactic Latitude -28.9°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.53

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.75

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature 10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1888 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1888. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1888 is distant 931.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 285.71

Distance (light year) 931.43

Radial Speed 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD36965

SAO Catalogue SAO170561

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26091

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-29 2348

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1888 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.8° RISE 11:30

Max altitude: 8.7° TRANSIT 14:25

Azimuth: 240.2° SET 17:19

Set Location

Other stars in Columba