HR441

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:53 | Tran: 15:45 | Set: 18:36

Alt: -30.33° Az: 258.49° Direction: West-South-West

HR441 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR441 visual magnitude is 5.82. Because of its faintness, HR441 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 HR441. The red arrow shows the motion of HR441 during the next 10000 years (1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 32m 52s

Declination -30° 09’ 16”

Hour Angle 06h 48m 00s

Sidereal Time 08h 20m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 31m 43s

Declination -30° 16’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 234.96°

Galactic Latitude -80.63°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.82

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.98

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.08

Temperature 4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR441 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR441. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR441 is distant 303.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 93.11

Distance (light year) 303.54

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.067"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD9377

SAO Catalogue SAO193163

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP7118

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-30 506

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR441 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.2° RISE 12:53

Max altitude: 8.4° TRANSIT 15:45

Azimuth: 239.8° SET 18:36

Set Location

Other stars in Sculptor