HR9024

Altitude: 4.4° Azimuth: 30.7° Direction: North-North-East

HR9024 is a variable giant star in the constellation of Andromeda.

HR9024 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its reltive faintness, HR9024 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 HR9024:

Color of HR9024 ⬤

Magnitude of HR9024 5.9

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR9024 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 4.4°
Azimuth: 30.7°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR9024

HR9024 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 HR9024 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 23h 49m 41s

Declination J2000 +36° 25’ 31”

Galactic Longitude 109.28°

Galactic Latitude -24.8°

Constellation Andromeda

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR9024 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR9024.

Visibility of HR9024 from your location

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

Today's HR9024 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.6° RISE 8:12

Max altitude: 74.9° TRANSIT 18:40

Azimuth: 306.4° SET 5:13

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR9024

The image below is a photograph of HR9024 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 HR9024 is 0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.048 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR9024. The red arrow shows the motion of HR9024 during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR9024 from the Sun and relative movement

HR9024 is distant 439.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 134.95 pc

Distance (light year) 439.95 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.048 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR9024

HR9024 belongs to spectral class G1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.25

Spectral Type G1III

Color Index (B-V) 0.79

Temperature of HR9024 5311K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR9024 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR9024. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR9024

Henry Draper Catalogue HD223460

SAO Catalogue SAO73535

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP117503

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+35 5110

FK5 Catalogue 3914

General Catalogue of Variable Stars OU And

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