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HR853

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -5.28°   Az: 203.56°   Direction: South-South-West

HR853 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR853 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, HR853 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 HR853 star
DSS2 image of HR853. The red arrow shows the motion of HR853 during the next 10000 years (9.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 51m 45s
-39° 49’ 50”
02h 04m 50s
04h 56m 35s

J2000

02h 50m 47s
-39° 55’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

248.01°
-62.21°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR853 star
Simplified finder chart for HR853.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.36
Hypergiant

1.36
A0V
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR853 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR853. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR853 is distant 325.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

99.80
325.35
19 km/s
0.055 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO216065
SAO216065

Visibility from Your Location

HR853 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK