HR990

Below the horizon. Rise: 23:59 | Tran: 2:48 | Set: 5:34

Alt: -53.33° Az: 71.75° Direction: East-North-East

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

Right Ascension 03h 17m 12s

Declination -30° 44’ 14”

Hour Angle 14h 45m 09s

Sidereal Time 18h 02m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 16m 11s

Declination -30° 49’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 228.37°

Galactic Latitude -58.26°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR990.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.65

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.22

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.07

Temperature 11092K

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.

Distance (parsec) 193.05

Distance (light year) 629.34

Radial Speed 20 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.03 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD20423

SAO Catalogue SAO194197

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP15218

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-31 1303

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 120.7° RISE 23:59

Max altitude: 7.8° TRANSIT 2:48

Azimuth: 239.3° SET 5:34

Set Location

Other stars in Fornax