HR552

Above the horizon. Rise: 16:34 | Tran: 3:26 | Set: 14:13

Alt: 7.11° Az: 34.64° Direction: North-East

HR552 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR552 visual magnitude is 6.26. Because of its faintness, HR552 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 HR552. The red arrow shows the motion of HR552 during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 56m 25s

Declination +37° 14’ 55”

Hour Angle 15h 00m 29s

Sideral Time 16h 56m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 54m 57s

Declination +37° 07’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 136.75°

Galactic Latitude -24.03°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR552.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.26

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.23

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.17

Temperature 4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR552 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR552. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR552 is distant 524.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 161.03

Distance (light year) 524.96

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.021 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD11624

SAO Catalogue SAO55082

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP8930

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+36 346

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR552 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.8° RISE 16:34

Max altitude: 75.8° TRANSIT 3:26

Azimuth: 307.2° SET 14:13

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Andromeda