HR1975

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:02 | Tran: 7:21 | Set: 11:40

Alt: -23.64° Az: 269.56° Direction: West

HR1975 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Lepus.

HR1975 visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its faintness, HR1975 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 HR1975. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1975 during the next 10000 years (2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 44m 26s

Declination -18° 32’ 52”

Hour Angle 06h 59m 42s

Sideral Time 12h 44m 08s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 43m 21s

Declination -18° 33’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 222.74°

Galactic Latitude -23.08°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1975.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.73

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.53

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.01

Temperature 10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1975 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1975. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1975 is distant 225.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 69.20

Distance (light year) 225.61

Radial Speed 25 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.016 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38206

SAO Catalogue SAO150739

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26966

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-18 1172

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1975 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.5° RISE 3:02

Max altitude: 20.0° TRANSIT 7:21

Azimuth: 251.5° SET 11:40

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

Location

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