HR1980

Above the horizon. Rise: 1:39 | Tran: 5:48 | Set: 9:57

Alt: 14.47° Az: 206.56° Direction: South-South-West

HR1980 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Lepus.

HR1980 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR1980 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 HR1980. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1980 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 7.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 45m 32s

Declination -20° 07’ 02”

Hour Angle 01h 49m 49s

Sideral Time 07h 35m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 44m 28s

Declination -20° 07’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 224.43°

Galactic Latitude -23.43°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1980.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.34

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 4.30

Spectral Type G0

Color Index (B-V) 0.58

Temperature 6047K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1980 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1980. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1980 is distant 83.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 25.54

Distance (light year) 83.27

Radial Speed 38 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.016 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.046"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38382

SAO Catalogue SAO170756

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27075

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 1171

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1980 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.1° RISE 1:39

Max altitude: 18.4° TRANSIT 5:48

Azimuth: 249.9° SET 9:57

Set Location

Other stars in Lepus