HR786

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:48 | Tran: 2:40 | Set: 5:28

Alt: -20.70° Az: 246.60° Direction: West-South-West

HR786 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR786 visual magnitude is 6.52. Because of its faintness, HR786 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR786. The red arrow shows the motion of HR786 during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -11.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 41m 06s

Declination -30° 31’ 42”

Hour Angle 05h 41m 13s

Sideral Time 08h 22m 19s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 40m 02s

Declination -30° 38’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 227.82°

Galactic Latitude -66.03°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR786.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.52

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.51

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.04

Temperature 4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR786 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR786. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR786 is distant 519.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 159.24

Distance (light year) 519.11

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.068"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD16733

SAO Catalogue SAO193846

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP12435

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-31 1081

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR786 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.5° RISE 23:48

Max altitude: 8.0° TRANSIT 2:40

Azimuth: 239.5° SET 5:28

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax