HR445

Below the horizon. Rise: 7:06 | Tran: 8:27 | Set: 9:48

Alt: -24.11° Az: 240.66° Direction: South-South-West

HR445 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR445 visual magnitude is 5.51. Because of its faintness, HR445 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 HR445. The red arrow shows the motion of HR445 during the next 10000 years (0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 34m 04s

Declination -36° 44’ 06”

Hour Angle 05h 32m 37s

Sidereal Time 07h 06m 42s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 32m 56s

Declination -36° 51’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 263.48°

Galactic Latitude -76.89°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.51

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.96

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR445 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR445. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR445 is distant 265.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 81.37

Distance (light year) 265.26

Radial Speed 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD9525

SAO Catalogue SAO193173

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP7213

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 589

FK5 Catalogue 2101

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR445 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.7° RISE 7:06

Max altitude: 1.8° TRANSIT 8:27

Azimuth: 233.3° SET 9:48

Set Location

Other stars in Sculptor