HR893

Below the horizon. Rise: 2:25 | Tran: 3:05 | Set: 3:45

Alt: -63.86° Az: 288.13° Direction: West-North-West

HR893 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR893 visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its faintness, HR893 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.

DSS2 image of HR893. The red arrow shows the motion of HR893 during the next 100000 years (11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 02h 58m 30s

Declination -38° 05’ 34”

Hour Angle 09h 51m 25s

Sideral Time 12h 49m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 02h 57m 32s

Declination -38° 11’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 243.71°

Galactic Latitude -61.42°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR893.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.41

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.18

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR893 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR893. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR893 is distant 361.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 110.99

Distance (light year) 361.82

Radial Speed 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD18546

SAO Catalogue SAO194007

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP13789

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-38 976

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR893 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.1° RISE 2:25

Max altitude: 0.4° TRANSIT 3:05

Azimuth: 231.9° SET 3:45

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax