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HR428

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 39.94°   Az: 30.15°   Direction: North-North-East

HR428 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR428 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, HR428 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.

Image of HR428 star
DSS2 image of HR428. The red arrow shows the motion of HR428 during the next 10000 years (14.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 32m 40s
+66° 13’ 41”
16h 51m 21s
18h 24m 01s

J2000

01h 30m 52s
+66° 05’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

126.92°
3.53°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR428.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.14
Main-sequence

1.45
A2V
9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR428 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR428. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR428 is distant 282.50 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

86.66
282.50
9 km/s
0.084 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO11788
SAO11788

Visibility from Your Location

HR428 is circumpolar and transits at 09:19 UTC (altitude: 75.3°)