HR1618 - Star In Orion

Home » The 88 Constellations » Orion » Bright Stars » HR1618 HR1618 Above the horizon. Rise: 12:53 | Tran: 19:00 | Set: 01:06 (+1) Alt: 7.43° Az: 261.81° Direction: West

HR1618 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1618 visual magnitude is 5.92. Because of its faintness, HR1618 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 HR1618. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1618 during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 03m 11s Declination +00° 45’ 30” Hour Angle 05h 15m 55s Sidereal Time 10h 19m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 01m 50s Declination +00° 43’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 198.95° Galactic Latitude -23.81°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤ Class Hypergiant

Spectral Type K0 Temperature 4176K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1618 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram. H-R diagram showing the position of HR1618. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1618 is distant 497.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (light year) 497.71 Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/y Henry Draper Catalogue HD32263 SAO Catalogue SAO112334 Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 923 General Catalogue of Variable Stars 1806

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1618 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London): Azimuth: 88.1° RISE 12:53 Max altitude: 39.3° TRANSIT 19:00 Azimuth: 271.9° SET 1:06