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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:57 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:56
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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.

Image of HR1888 star
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

05h 34m 50s
-29° 49’ 59”
21h 21m 54s
02h 56m 45s

J2000

05h 33m 52s
-29° 50’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

233.78°
-28.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1888.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.53
Hypergiant

-0.75
A0V
10382K

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

HR 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.

285.71
931.43
15 km/s
0.014 arcsec/y
0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO170561
SAO170561

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°
Max altitude: 8.7°
Azimuth: 240.2°