HR576

Above the horizon. Rise: 23:25 | Tran: 1:50 | Set: 4:12

Alt: 5.57° Az: 179.65° Direction: South

HR576 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR576 visual magnitude is 6.35. Because of its faintness, HR576 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 HR576. The red arrow shows the motion of HR576 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 01h 59m 32s

Declination -32° 56’ 49”

Hour Angle 23h 58m 19s

Sideral Time 01h 57m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 01h 58m 26s

Declination -33° 04’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 239.29°

Galactic Latitude -74.36°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR576.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.35

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.22

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR576 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR576. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR576 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR576 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.35

Secondary star magnitude 13.25

Magnitude difference 6.9

Separation 6.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR576 is distant 346.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 106.16

Distance (light year) 346.07

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD12135

SAO Catalogue SAO193422

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP9207

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-33 682

FK5 Catalogue 2135

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR576 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.9° RISE 23:25

Max altitude: 5.6° TRANSIT 1:50

Azimuth: 237.1° SET 4:12

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax