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public  South Grafton, Australia South Grafton, Australia  ⓘ
TimezoneAustralia/Sydney
Sunrise: 6:45 
Transit: 11:52 
Sunset: 16:59
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HR62

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:01 | Tran: 5:22 | Set: 8:43
Alt: 10.08°   Az: 13.68°   Direction: North-North-East

HR62 is a giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR62 visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its faintness, HR62 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 HR62 star
DSS2 image of HR62. The red arrow shows the motion of HR62 during the next 100000 years (13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 18m 30s
+48° 05’ 20”
22h 38m 23s
22h 56m 53s

J2000

00h 17m 09s
+47° 56’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

117.01°
-14.53°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR62.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.89
Giant

-1.44
B7III
11407K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR62 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR62. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR62 is distant 953.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

292.40
953.22
-9 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO36236
SAO36236

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR62 rise, transit and set times from South Grafton, Australia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Australia/Sydney):

Azimuth: 41.9°
Max altitude: 12.2°
Azimuth: 318.1°