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HR481

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 80.30°   Az: 357.00°   Direction: North

HR481 is a giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR481 visual magnitude is 6.71. Because of its faintness, HR481 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR481 star
DSS2 image of HR481. The red arrow shows the motion of HR481 during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 43m 47s
+61° 09’ 56”
00h 04m 11s
01h 47m 59s

J2000

01h 42m 02s
+61° 02’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

129.02°
-1.23°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR481.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.71
Giant
HR481 is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

-0.71
B8III
10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR481 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR481. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR481 is distant 993.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

304.88
993.90
-13 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO11920
SAO11920

Visibility from Your Location

HR481 is circumpolar and transits at 09:15 UTC (altitude: 80.3°)