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HR422

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 67.91°   Az: 251.06°   Direction: West-South-West

HR422 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR422 visual magnitude is 6.6. Because of its faintness, HR422 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR422 star
DSS2 image of HR422. The red arrow shows the motion of HR422 during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 29m 13s
+40° 27’ 46”
01h 51m 28s
03h 20m 42s

J2000

01h 27m 47s
+40° 20’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

130.39°
-22.01°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR422 star
Simplified finder chart for HR422.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.6
Hypergiant

-0.65
A0III
10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR422 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR422. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR422 is distant 920.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

282.49
920.90
-1 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO37234
SAO37234

Visibility from Your Location

HR422 is circumpolar and transits at 01:47 UTC (altitude: 79.0°)