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HR241

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 44.36°   Az: 302.29°   Direction: West-North-West

HR241 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR241 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR241 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 HR241 star
DSS2 image of HR241. The red arrow shows the motion of HR241 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 53m 01s
+51° 42’ 32”
05h 09m 02s
06h 02m 04s

J2000

00h 51m 33s
+51° 34’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

122.95°
-11.3°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR241.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.21
Main-sequence

-1.52
B9V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR241 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR241. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR241 is distant 1,147.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

352.11
1,147.89
-14 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO21775
SAO21775

Visibility from Your Location

HR241 is circumpolar and transits at 07:29 UTC (altitude: 89.8°)