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TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:33 
Transit: 11:53 
Sunset: 18:13
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HR212

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:43 | Tran: 5:13 | Set: 13:47
Alt: -6.14°   Az: 357.18°   Direction: North

HR212 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR212 visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its faintness, HR212 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 HR212 star
DSS2 image of HR212. The red arrow shows the motion of HR212 during the next 1000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.40 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 49m 50s
+72° 48’ 49”
11h 21m 53s
12h 11m 44s

J2000

00h 48m 09s
+72° 40’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

122.68°
9.8°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR212.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.87
Hypergiant

1.70
K0IV
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR212 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR212. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR212 is distant 222.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

68.26
222.53
1 km/s
0.13 arcsec/y
0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO4229
SAO4229

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR212 rise, transit and set times from Eustaquio Lopez, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 17.2°
Max altitude: 28.0°
Azimuth: 342.8°