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HR562

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 66.32°   Az: 258.52°   Direction: West-South-West

HR562 is a giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR562 visual magnitude is 6.78. Because of its faintness, HR562 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR562 star
DSS2 image of HR562. The red arrow shows the motion of HR562 during the next 10000 years (2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 59m 27s
+41° 48’ 50”
02h 07m 31s
04h 06m 58s

J2000

01h 57m 56s
+41° 41’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

136.03°
-19.48°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR562 star
Simplified finder chart for HR562.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.78
Giant

-1.20
B8III
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR562 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR562. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR562 is distant 1,288.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

395.26
1,288.54
3 km/s
0.012 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO37653
SAO37653

Visibility from Your Location

HR562 is circumpolar and transits at 02:05 UTC (altitude: 80.3°)