HR1994

Altitude: 69.3° Azimuth: 334.3° Direction: North-North-West

HR1994 is a giant star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR1994 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1994 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR1994:

Color of HR1994 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1994 6.2

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1994 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 69.3°
Azimuth: 334.3°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1994

HR1994 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1994 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 52m 55s

Declination J2000 +68° 28’ 17”

Galactic Longitude 145.13°

Galactic Latitude 19.98°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1994 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1994.

Visibility of HR1994 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR1994 is circumpolar and transits at 01:10 UTC (altitude: 73.0°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1994

The image below is a photograph of HR1994 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR1994 is 0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.051 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1994. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1994 during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1994 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1994 is distant 414.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 127.23 pc

Distance (light year) 414.76 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.051 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1994

HR1994 belongs to spectral class G9 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.68

Spectral Type G9III

Color Index (B-V) 0.95

Temperature of HR1994 4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1994 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1994. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1994

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38645

SAO Catalogue SAO13635

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP27795

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+68 412

FK5 Catalogue 2438

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