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public  Finström, Aland Finström, Aland  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Mariehamn
Sunrise: 4:37 
Transit: 13:45 
Sunset: 22:53
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HR576

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -3.26°   Az: 177.02°   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.

Image of HR576 star
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

01h 59m 34s
-32° 56’ 35”
23h 45m 49s
01h 45m 23s

J2000

01h 58m 26s
-33° 04’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

239.29°
-74.36°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.35
Hypergiant

1.22
K0III
4695K

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

HR 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:

6.35
13.25
6.9
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.

106.16
346.07
1 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
-0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO193422
SAO193422

Visibility from Your Location

HR576 is currently not visible from Finström, Aland