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public LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
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HR453

Altitude: -68.2°   Azimuth: 329.2°   Direction: North-North-West

HR453 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR453 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its reltive faintness, HR453 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR453 is -0.077 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.036 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR453 star
DSS2 image of HR453. The red arrow shows the motion of HR453 during the next 10000 years (-12.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR453

6.12
Hypergiant

HR453 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: -68.2°
Azimuth: 329.2°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR453

HR453 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR453 are provided in the following table:

01h 34m 50s
-31° 53’ 31”
242.3°
-79.43°
Sculptor

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR453 in the sky:

Finder chart HR453 star
Simplified finder chart for HR453.

Visibility of HR453 from your location

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

Today's HR453 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.9°
Max altitude: 6.6°
Azimuth: 238.1°

Distance of HR453 from the Sun and relative movement

HR453 is distant 367.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

112.74 pc
367.53 ly
-11 km/s
-0.077 arcsec/year
-0.036 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR453

HR453 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

0.86
K0III
4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR453 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR453. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR453

SAO193188
SAO193188