HR359

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:37 | Tran: 2:31 | Set: 3:26

Alt: -6.20° Az: 148.41° Direction: South-South-East

HR359 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR359 visual magnitude is 5.92. Because of its faintness, HR359 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 HR359. The red arrow shows the motion of HR359 during the next 10000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 13m 53s

Declination -37° 43’ 32”

Hour Angle 21h 15m 16s

Sideral Time 22h 29m 09s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 12m 45s

Declination -37° 51’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 281.6°

Galactic Latitude -78.37°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR359.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.92

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.59

Spectral Type F0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.28

Temperature 7591K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR359 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR359. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR359 is distant 239.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 73.42

Distance (light year) 239.35

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.09 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD7312

SAO Catalogue SAO192980

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP5661

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-38 420

FK5 Catalogue 44

General Catalogue of Variable Stars AI Scl

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR359 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.7° RISE 1:37

Max altitude: 0.8° TRANSIT 2:31

Azimuth: 232.3° SET 3:26

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Sculptor