HR780

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:34 | Tran: 2:22 | Set: 3:11

Alt: -67.90° Az: 298.24° Direction: West-North-West

HR780 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR780 visual magnitude is 6.49. Because of its faintness, HR780 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 HR780. The red arrow shows the motion of HR780 during the next 1000 years (1.85 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.05 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 39m 24s

Declination -37° 53’ 04”

Hour Angle 10h 20m 41s

Sideral Time 13h 00m 05s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 38m 24s

Declination -37° 59’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 245.54°

Galactic Latitude -65.1°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR780.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.49

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 2.85

Spectral Type G0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.52

Temperature 6300K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR780 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR780. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR780 is distant 174.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 43 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 53.45

Distance (light year) 174.24

Radial Speed 43 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.111 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.063"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD16589

SAO Catalogue SAO193834

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12300

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-38 875

FK5 Catalogue 2184

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR780 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.9° RISE 1:34

Max altitude: 0.6° TRANSIT 2:22

Azimuth: 232.1° SET 3:11

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax