HR471

Below the horizon. Rise: 8:58 | Tran: 10:26 | Set: 11:54

Alt: -10.63° Az: 137.19° Direction: South-East

HR471 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR471 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, HR471 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 HR471. The red arrow shows the motion of HR471 during the next 1000 years (-0.30 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.13 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 39m 34s

Declination -36° 23’ 59”

Hour Angle 20h 15m 41s

Sidereal Time 21h 55m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 38m 27s

Declination -36° 31’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 259.18°

Galactic Latitude -76.31°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.94

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.96

Spectral Type K0IV

Color Index (B-V) 1.05

Temperature 4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR471 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR471. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR471 is distant 322.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 99.01

Distance (light year) 322.77

Radial Speed 30 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.018 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.128"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD10142

SAO Catalogue SAO193224

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP7643

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 620

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR471 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.4° RISE 8:58

Max altitude: 2.1° TRANSIT 10:26

Azimuth: 233.6° SET 11:54

Set Location

Other stars in Sculptor