HR990

HR990 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Fornax.

HR990 visual magnitude is 6.65. Because of its reltive faintness, HR990 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 HR990:

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR990

HR990 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR990 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR990 in the sky:

Visibility of HR990 from your location

Today's HR990 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR990

The image below is a photograph of HR990 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 HR990 is 0.03 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.004 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of HR990 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Spectral properties of HR990

HR990 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR990 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

Alternative designations of HR990