HR572

Altitude: 39.4° Azimuth: 358.4° Direction: North

HR572 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Cepheus.

HR572 visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its reltive faintness, HR572 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR572:

Color of HR572 ⬤

Magnitude of HR572 6.04

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR572 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 39.4°
Azimuth: 358.4°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR572

HR572 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR572 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 02h 02m 57s

Declination J2000 +77° 54’ 59”

Galactic Longitude 126.76°

Galactic Latitude 15.58°

Constellation Cepheus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR572 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR572.

Visibility of HR572 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR572 is circumpolar and transits at 21:01 UTC (altitude: 63.6°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR572

The image below is a photograph of HR572 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR572 is -0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.002 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR572. The red arrow shows the motion of HR572 during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR572 from the Sun and relative movement

HR572 is distant 1,075.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 330.03 pc

Distance (light year) 1,075.91 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.002 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR572

HR572 belongs to spectral class K0

Absolute magnitude -1.55

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.14

Temperature of HR572 4430K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR572 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR572. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR572

Henry Draper Catalogue HD12005

SAO Catalogue SAO4555

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP9568

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+77 73

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