HR825

Altitude: 22.5° Azimuth: 339.8° Direction: North-North-West

HR825 is a variable supergiant star in the constellation of Perseus.

HR825 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its reltive faintness, HR825 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR825:

Color of HR825 ⬤

Magnitude of HR825 6.25

Class Supergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR825 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 22.5°
Azimuth: 339.8°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR825

HR825 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR825 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 02h 49m 30s

Declination J2000 +57° 05’ 03”

Galactic Longitude 138.47°

Galactic Latitude -2.18°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR825 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR825.

Visibility of HR825 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR825 is circumpolar and transits at 22:11 UTC (altitude: 84.4°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR825

The image below is a photograph of HR825 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR825 is 0.004 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.01 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR825. The red arrow shows the motion of HR825 during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR825 from the Sun and relative movement

HR825 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 10,000,000.00 pc

Distance (light year) 32,600,000.00 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -38 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.004 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR825

HR825 belongs to spectral class A5 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a supergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -23.75

Spectral Type A5I

Color Index (B-V) 0.89

Temperature of HR825 5023K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR825 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR825. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR825

Henry Draper Catalogue HD17378

SAO Catalogue SAO23637

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP13178

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+56 718

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V480 Per

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