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HR849

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 24.11°   Az: 40.64°   Direction: North-East

HR849 is a double supergiant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Perseus.

HR849 visual magnitude is 6.26. Because of its faintness, HR849 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.

Image of HR849 star
DSS2 image of HR849. The red arrow shows the motion of HR849 during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 55m 05s
+48° 40’ 18”
16h 16m 46s
19h 11m 52s

J2000

02h 53m 21s
+48° 34’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

142.83°
-9.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR849.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.26
Supergiant

-4.74
G5I
4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR849 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR849. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR849 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR849 double sysyem:

6.26
11.96
5.7
6.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR849 is distant 5,174.60 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

1,587.30
5,174.60
-1 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
-0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO38418
SAO38418

Visibility from Your Location

HR849 is circumpolar and transits at 11:29 UTC (altitude: 87.2°)