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HR375

Altitude: 44.1°   Azimuth: 345.0°   Direction: North-North-West

HR375 is a giant star in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR375 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its reltive faintness, HR375 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR375:

6.31
Giant

HR375 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 44.1°
Azimuth: 345.0°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR375

HR375 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR375 are provided in the following table:

01h 20m 19s
+77° 34’ 14”
124.54°
14.79°
Cassiopeia

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR375 in the sky:

Finder chart HR375 star
Simplified finder chart for HR375.

Visibility of HR375 from your location

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

HR375 is circumpolar and transits at 08:30 UTC (altitude: 63.9°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR375

The image below is a photograph of HR375 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR375 is -0.018 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.086 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR375 star
DSS2 image of HR375. The red arrow shows the motion of HR375 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 14.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR375 from the Sun and relative movement

HR375 is distant 379.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 74 kilometers per second.

116.28 pc
379.07 ly
-74 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/year
0.086 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR375

HR375 belongs to spectral class G5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

0.98
G5III
4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR375 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR375. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR375

SAO4376
SAO4376