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public LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:20 
Transit: 12:55 
Sunset: 20:30
wb_twilight   (Civil Twilight)   What's Visible Now?

HR241

Altitude: 15.5°   Azimuth: 343.1°   Direction: North-North-West

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

HR241 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its reltive faintness, HR241 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR241 is -0.01 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.019 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Key facts about HR241

6.21
Main-sequence

HR241 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: 15.5°
Azimuth: 343.1°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR241

HR241 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR241 are provided in the following table:

00h 51m 33s
+51° 34’ 15”
122.95°
-11.3°
Cassiopeia

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR241 in the sky:

Finder chart HR241 star
Simplified finder chart for HR241.

Visibility of HR241 from your location

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

HR241 is circumpolar and transits at 09:48 UTC (altitude: 89.9°)

Distance of HR241 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
1,147.89 ly
-14 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/year
-0.019 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR241

HR241 belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-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

Alternative designations of HR241

SAO21775
SAO21775