HR453

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:59 | Tran: 2:38 | Set: 5:13

Alt: -67.19° Az: 36.22° Direction: North-East

HR453 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR453 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR453 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 35m 58s

Declination -31° 45’ 58”

Hour Angle 13h 02m 31s

Sideral Time 14h 38m 29s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 34m 50s

Declination -31° 53’ 31”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 242.3°

Galactic Latitude -79.43°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR453.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.12

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.86

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.11

Temperature 4493K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

Distance (parsec) 112.74

Distance (light year) 367.53

Radial Speed -11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.077 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD9742

SAO Catalogue SAO193188

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP7361

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-32 613

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 121.8° RISE 23:59

Max altitude: 6.8° TRANSIT 2:38

Azimuth: 238.2° SET 5:13

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Sculptor