HR829

Altitude: 38.7° Azimuth: 336.0° Direction: North-North-West

HR829 is a variable supergiant star in the constellation of Cassiopeia.

HR829 visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its reltive faintness, HR829 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 HR829:

Color of HR829 ⬤

Magnitude of HR829 5.8

Class Supergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR829 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 38.7°
Azimuth: 336.0°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR829

HR829 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR829 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 02h 51m 58s

Declination J2000 +68° 53’ 18”

Galactic Longitude 133.47°

Galactic Latitude 8.52°

Constellation Cassiopeia

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR829 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR829.

Visibility of HR829 from your location

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

HR829 is circumpolar and transits at 22:06 UTC (altitude: 72.6°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR829

The image below is a photograph of HR829 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 HR829 is -0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.004 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR829. The red arrow shows the motion of HR829 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR829 from the Sun and relative movement

HR829 is distant 1,411.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 432.90 pc

Distance (light year) 1,411.26 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.004 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR829

HR829 belongs to spectral class F5 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a supergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -2.38

Spectral Type F5I

Color Index (B-V) 0.64

Temperature of HR829 5815K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR829 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR829. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR829

Henry Draper Catalogue HD17463

SAO Catalogue SAO12472

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP13367

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+68 200

FK5 Catalogue 2195

General Catalogue of Variable Stars SU Cas

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