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HR467

Altitude: -41.0°   Azimuth: 187.0°   Direction: South

HR467 is a double hypergiant star in the constellation of Hydrus.

HR467 visual magnitude is 6.11. Because of its reltive faintness, HR467 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 HR467 is -0.034 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.136 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR467 star
DSS2 image of HR467. The red arrow shows the motion of HR467 during the next 1000 years (-0.57 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.27 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR467

6.11
Hypergiant

HR467 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -41.0°
Azimuth: 187.0°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR467

HR467 is situated close to the southern celestial pole and, as such, it is easilty visible for most part of the year from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR467 are provided in the following table:

01h 33m 39s
-78° 30’ 16”
300.26°
-38.41°
Hydrus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR467 in the sky:

Finder chart HR467 star
Simplified finder chart for HR467.

Visibility of HR467 from your location

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

HR467 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Distance of HR467 from the Sun and relative movement

HR467 is distant 440.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

135.14 pc
440.54 ly
-1 km/s
-0.034 arcsec/year
-0.136 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR467

HR467 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

0.46
K0III
4816K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR467 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR467. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR467 star system properties

HR467 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR467 double sysyem:

6.11
13.51
7.4
50.1 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR467

SAO255794
SAO255794