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HR619

Altitude: 9.9°   Azimuth: 22.8°   Direction: North-North-East

HR619 is a giant star in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR619 visual magnitude is 6.42. Because of its reltive faintness, HR619 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 HR619:

6.42
Giant

HR619 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 9.9°
Azimuth: 22.8°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR619

HR619 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR619 are provided in the following table:

02h 08m 33s
+44° 27’ 33”
137.14°
-16.27°
Andromeda

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR619 in the sky:

Finder chart HR619 star
Simplified finder chart for HR619.

Visibility of HR619 from your location

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

HR619 is circumpolar and transits at 21:10 UTC (altitude: 83.0°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR619

The image below is a photograph of HR619 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 HR619 is 0.016 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.051 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR619 star
DSS2 image of HR619. The red arrow shows the motion of HR619 during the next 10000 years (2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR619 from the Sun and relative movement

HR619 is distant 430.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

131.93 pc
430.08 ly
24 km/s
0.016 arcsec/year
-0.051 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR619

HR619 belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

0.82
G8III
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR619 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR619. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR619

SAO37794
SAO37794