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north SunriseRise: 7:43  
clear_day Transit: 11:47  
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HR67

Altitude: 15.1°   Azimuth: 106.9°   Direction: East-South-East

HR67 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Pisces.

HR67 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its reltive faintness, HR67 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 HR67:

6.17
Hypergiant

HR67 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 15.1°
Azimuth: 106.9°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR67

HR67 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR67 are provided in the following table:

00h 17m 47s
+01° 41’ 20”
105.89°
-60.07°
Pisces

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR67 in the sky:

Finder chart HR67 star
Simplified finder chart for HR67.

Visibility of HR67 from your location

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

Today's HR67 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.3°
Max altitude: 40.2°
Azimuth: 271.7°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR67

The image below is a photograph of HR67 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 HR67 is 0.095 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.012 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR67 star
DSS2 image of HR67. The red arrow shows the motion of HR67 during the next 1000 years (1.58 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.20 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR67 from the Sun and relative movement

HR67 is distant 329.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

101.11 pc
329.63 ly
-9 km/s
0.095 arcsec/year
0.012 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR67

HR67 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of II corresponding to a hypergiant star.

1.15
K0II
4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR67 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR67. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR67

SAO109119
SAO109119