HR734

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:37 | Tran: 8:38 | Set: 12:39

Alt: 2.66° Az: 200.38° Direction: South-South-West

HR734 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Horologium.

HR734 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR734 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 HR734. The red arrow shows the motion of HR734 during the next 10000 years (6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 28m 40s

Declination -64° 11’ 11”

Hour Angle 03h 32m 09s

Sidereal Time 06h 00m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 28m 04s

Declination -64° 17’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 287°

Galactic Latitude -49.73°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.37

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.01

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR734 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR734. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR734 is distant 384.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 118.06

Distance (light year) 384.89

Radial Speed 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.037 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD15646

SAO Catalogue SAO248567

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP11479

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-64 174

FK5 Catalogue 2170

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR734 rise, transit and set times from Perai, Gambia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Banjul):

Azimuth: 154.2° RISE 4:37

Max altitude: 12.4° TRANSIT 8:38

Azimuth: 205.8° SET 12:39

Name:	Perai, Gambia
Latitude:	13° 22' 59.9" N
Longitude:	14° 1' 59.9" W
Timezone:	Africa/Banjul

Set Location

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