HR268

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:45 | Tran: 10:00 | Set: 13:14

Alt: -28.68° Az: 260.68° Direction: West

HR268 is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR268 visual magnitude is 6.1. Because of its faintness, HR268 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.

DSS2 image of HR268. The red arrow shows the motion of HR268 during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 00h 57m 09s

Declination -27° 38’ 18”

Hour Angle 06h 48m 56s

Sidereal Time 07h 46m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 00h 55m 55s

Declination -27° 46’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 246.23°

Galactic Latitude -88.81°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.1

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -2.68

Spectral Type M0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.67

Temperature 3555K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR268 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR268. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR268 is distant 1,862.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 571.43

Distance (light year) 1,862.86

Radial Speed 22 km/s

Proper Motion Dec 0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD5445

SAO Catalogue SAO166686

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP4363

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-28 288

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR268 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.6° RISE 6:45

Max altitude: 10.9° TRANSIT 10:00

Azimuth: 242.4° SET 13:14

Set Location

Other stars in Sculptor