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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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HR1904

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:30 | Tran: 15:13 | Set: 0:55
Alt: 71.63°   Az: 164.88°   Direction: South-South-East

HR1904 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Auriga.

HR1904 visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its faintness, HR1904 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 HR1904 star
DSS2 image of HR1904. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1904 during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 39m 26s
+33° 34’ 20”
23h 37m 20s
05h 16m 46s

J2000

05h 37m 45s
+33° 33’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

175.19°
1.02°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1904.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.33
Hypergiant

0.41
K0
4104K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1904 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1904. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1904 is distant 498.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

152.91
498.47
29 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO58263
SAO58263

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1904 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.4°
Max altitude: 72.1°
Azimuth: 303.6°