HR449

Altitude: 45.4° Azimuth: 22.0° Direction: North-North-East

HR449 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR449 visual magnitude is 6.58. Because of its reltive faintness, HR449 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 HR449:

Color of HR449 ⬤

Magnitude of HR449 6.58

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR449 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 45.4°
Azimuth: 22.0°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR449

HR449 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 HR449 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 01h 37m 22s

Declination J2000 +74° 18’ 02”

Galactic Longitude 126.09°

Galactic Latitude 11.71°

Constellation Cassiopeia

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR449 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR449.

Visibility of HR449 from your location

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

HR449 is circumpolar and transits at 08:35 UTC (altitude: 67.2°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR449

The image below is a photograph of HR449 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 HR449 is 0.027 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.009 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR449. The red arrow shows the motion of HR449 during the next 10000 years (4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR449 from the Sun and relative movement

HR449 is distant 956.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 293.26 pc

Distance (light year) 956.01 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.027 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.009 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR449

HR449 belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -0.76

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) 0.03

Temperature of HR449 9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR449 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR449. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR449

Henry Draper Catalogue HD9612

SAO Catalogue SAO4448

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP7557

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+73 81

In Evidence

Other stars in Cassiopeia