HR692

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:22 | Tran: 2:30 | Set: 7:33

Alt: 10.47° Az: 122.31° Direction: East-South-East

HR692 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR692 visual magnitude is 5.46. Because of its faintness, HR692 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.

DSS2 image of HR692. The red arrow shows the motion of HR692 during the next 1000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.42 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 23m 13s

Declination -10° 39’ 56”

Hour Angle 20h 09m 00s

Sideral Time 22h 32m 14s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 22m 01s

Declination -10° 46’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 179.78°

Galactic Latitude -63.15°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR692.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.46

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 3.08

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.35

Temperature 7158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR692 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR692. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR692 is distant 97.37 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 29.87

Distance (light year) 97.37

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.14 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.085"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD14691

SAO Catalogue SAO148354

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP11029

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-11 448

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR692 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.7° RISE 21:22

Max altitude: 27.9° TRANSIT 2:30

Azimuth: 259.3° SET 7:33

Set Location

Other stars in Cetus