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Other stars in Fornax
- Dalim
- β Fornacis
- ν Fornacis
- ω Fornacis
- δ Fornacis
- φ Fornacis
- κ Fornacis
- μ Fornacis
- π Fornacis
- γ2 Fornacis
- η3 Fornacis
- ρ Fornacis
- HR1004
- ζ Fornacis
- χ2 Fornacis
- ι1 Fornacis
- λ2 Fornacis
- ι2 Fornacis
- ε Fornacis
- λ1 Fornacis
- σ Fornacis
- HR993
- η2 Fornacis
- ψ Fornacis
- HR1045
- HR805
- τ Fornacis
- HR554
- HR727
- HR900
- γ1 Fornacis
- HR974
- HR943
- HR1093
- HR817
- HR980
- HR970
- HR884
- HR742
- HR903
- HR528
- HR683
- HR532
- HR1018
- HR576
- HR535
- HR1082
- HR517
- HR1013
- χ1 Fornacis
- HR1095
- HR858
- HR893
- HR606
- HR703
- HR630
- HR780
- HR1031
- χ3 Fornacis
- HR733
- η1 Fornacis
- HR786
- HR700
- HR1179
- HR990
HR990
Above the horizon.
Rise: 1:19 | Tran: 8:13 | Set: 15:04
Alt: 77.00°
Az: 218.91°
Direction: South-West
HR990 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Fornax.
HR990 visual magnitude is 6.65. Because of its faintness, HR990 is not visible to the naked eye.
DSS2 image of HR990. The red arrow shows the motion of HR990 during the next
10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for HR990.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR990 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of HR990.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
HR990 is distant 629.34 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
Today's HR990 rise, transit and set times from Sainte-Marie, Reunion are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Indian/Reunion):