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public  Mörsdorf, Germany Mörsdorf, Germany  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Berlin
Sunrise: 5:29 
Transit: 13:35 
Sunset: 21:40
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HR738

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:27 | Tran: 9:10 | Set: 18:50
Alt: -5.25°   Az: 359.64°   Direction: North

HR738 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Triangulum.

HR738 visual magnitude is 5.83. Because of its faintness, HR738 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 HR738 star
DSS2 image of HR738. The red arrow shows the motion of HR738 during the next 10000 years (-11.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 34m 25s
+34° 39’ 13”
11h 58m 14s
14h 32m 40s

J2000

02h 32m 52s
+34° 32’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

145.62°
-23.82°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR738.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.83
Hypergiant

1.32
K0III
4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR738 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR738. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR738 is distant 259.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

79.74
259.97
-2 km/s
-0.066 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO55650
SAO55650

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR738 rise, transit and set times from Mörsdorf, Germany are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Berlin):

Azimuth: 55.3°
Max altitude: 74.6°
Azimuth: 304.7°