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HR76

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 38.60°   Az: 303.23°   Direction: West-North-West

HR76 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR76 visual magnitude is 6.52. Because of its faintness, HR76 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR76 star
DSS2 image of HR76. The red arrow shows the motion of HR76 during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 21m 26s
+49° 00’ 22”
05h 41m 18s
06h 02m 45s

J2000

00h 20m 05s
+48° 51’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

117.63°
-13.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR76.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.52
Hypergiant

-0.64
A0V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR76 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR76. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR76 is distant 883.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

271.00
883.47
-3 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO36272
SAO36272

Visibility from Your Location

HR76 is circumpolar and transits at 06:58 UTC (altitude: 87.5°)