HR658

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:32 | Tran: 11:43 | Set: 16:53

Alt: -39.86° Az: 44.85° Direction: North-East

HR658 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR658 visual magnitude is 6.55. Because of its faintness, HR658 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR658. The red arrow shows the motion of HR658 during the next 10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 16m 43s

Declination -09° 20’ 54”

Hour Angle 14h 13m 05s

Sidereal Time 16h 29m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 15m 28s

Declination -09° 27’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 175.21°

Galactic Latitude -63.45°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.55

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.58

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature 10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR658 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR658. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR658 is distant 510.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 156.49

Distance (light year) 510.17

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.003 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD13936

SAO Catalogue SAO129781

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP10512

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-10 460

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR658 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.3° RISE 6:32

Max altitude: 29.2° TRANSIT 11:43

Azimuth: 260.7° SET 16:53

Set Location

Other stars in Cetus