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HR598

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 31.15°   Az: 19.24°   Direction: North-North-East

HR598 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR598 visual magnitude is 6.52. Because of its faintness, HR598 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR598 star
DSS2 image of HR598. The red arrow shows the motion of HR598 during the next 10000 years (8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 06m 35s
+65° 13’ 21”
14h 49m 07s
16h 55m 43s

J2000

02h 04m 40s
+65° 06’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

130.54°
3.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR598.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.52
Hypergiant

1.47
A0V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR598 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR598. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR598 is distant 333.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

102.25
333.33
-4 km/s
0.051 arcsec/y
-0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO12105
SAO12105

Visibility from Your Location

HR598 is circumpolar and transits at 16:15 UTC (altitude: 76.3°)