HR528

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:25 | Tran: 10:39 | Set: 11:53

Alt: -11.55° Az: 223.09° Direction: South-West

HR528 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR528 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR528 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 HR528. The red arrow shows the motion of HR528 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 48m 54s

Declination -37° 02’ 01”

Hour Angle 03h 47m 53s

Sidereal Time 05h 36m 47s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 47m 47s

Declination -37° 09’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 256.59°

Galactic Latitude -74.45°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.32

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.16

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR528 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR528. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR528 is distant 557.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 170.94

Distance (light year) 557.26

Radial Speed 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD11050

SAO Catalogue SAO193303

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP8369

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 687

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR528 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.0° RISE 9:25

Max altitude: 1.5° TRANSIT 10:39

Azimuth: 233.0° SET 11:53

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax