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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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HR745

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:23 | Tran: 11:33 | Set: 15:44
Alt: 17.51°   Az: 165.77°   Direction: South-South-East

HR745 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR745 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR745 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 HR745 star
DSS2 image of HR745. The red arrow shows the motion of HR745 during the next 10000 years (-6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 34m 50s
-19° 53’ 29”
23h 02m 14s
01h 37m 04s

J2000

02h 33m 40s
-20° 00’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

201.48°
-65.57°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR745.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.21
Hypergiant

0.96
K0
4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR745 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR745. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR745 is distant 365.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

111.98
365.06
-6 km/s
-0.041 arcsec/y
-0.079"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO167878
SAO167878

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR745 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 109.9°
Max altitude: 18.6°
Azimuth: 250.1°