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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:27 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:01
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HR672

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:55 | Tran: 17:03 | Set: 23:10
Alt: -3.48°   Az: 82.59°   Direction: East

HR672 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR672 visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, HR672 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 HR672 star
DSS2 image of HR672. The red arrow shows the motion of HR672 during the next 1000 years (6.13 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.15 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 19m 19s
+01° 52’ 21”
17h 28m 08s
19h 47m 27s

J2000

02h 18m 01s
+01° 45’ 28”

Galactic Coordinates

162.2°
-54.38°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR672.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.58
Hypergiant

3.59
G0IV
5968K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR672 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR672. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR672 is distant 81.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

24.98
81.42
27 km/s
0.368 arcsec/y
0.369"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO110456
SAO110456

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR672 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.1°
Max altitude: 40.4°
Azimuth: 271.9°