HR507

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:41 | Tran: 10:16 | Set: 15:51

Alt: -25.31° Az: 296.78° Direction: West-North-West

HR507 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR507 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR507 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 HR507. The red arrow shows the motion of HR507 during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 45m 11s

Declination -04° 38’ 18”

Hour Angle 08h 23m 44s

Sidereal Time 10h 08m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 43m 54s

Declination -04° 45’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 154.47°

Galactic Latitude -64.37°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.19

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.52

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.54

Temperature 3734K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR507 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR507. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR507 is distant 716.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 219.78

Distance (light year) 716.48

Radial Speed 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD10658

SAO Catalogue SAO129477

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP8094

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-05 309

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR507 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.6° RISE 4:41

Max altitude: 33.9° TRANSIT 10:16

Azimuth: 265.4° SET 15:51

Set Location

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