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Sunset: 17:21
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HR201

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:11 | Tran: 14:47 | Set: 20:22
Alt: -11.27°   Az: 82.98°   Direction: East

HR201 is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR201 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR201 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 HR201 star
DSS2 image of HR201. The red arrow shows the motion of HR201 during the next 10000 years (4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 46m 40s
-04° 29’ 31”
17h 10m 03s
17h 56m 44s

J2000

00h 45m 24s
-04° 37’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

119°
-67.46°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR201.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.15
Hypergiant

-1.52
M0III
3622K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR201 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR201. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR201 is distant 1,112.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

341.30
1,112.63
7 km/s
0.028 arcsec/y
0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO128935
SAO128935

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR201 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.5°
Max altitude: 34.0°
Azimuth: 265.5°