HR693

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:39 | Tran: 4:08 | Set: 8:33

Alt: -10.05° Az: 105.61° Direction: East-South-East

HR693 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR693 visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its faintness, HR693 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 HR693. The red arrow shows the motion of HR693 during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 23m 14s

Declination -17° 33’ 01”

Hour Angle 18h 23m 44s

Sideral Time 20h 46m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 22m 05s

Declination -17° 39’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 193.3°

Galactic Latitude -67.06°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR693.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.87

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.08

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.23

Temperature 4251K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR693 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR693. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR693 is distant 503.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 154.56

Distance (light year) 503.86

Radial Speed -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.06"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD14728

SAO Catalogue SAO148356

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP11033

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-18 409

FK5 Catalogue 1064

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR693 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.6° RISE 23:39

Max altitude: 21.0° TRANSIT 4:08

Azimuth: 252.4° SET 8:33

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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