Felis - HR3923

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:42 | Tran: 9:57 | Set: 14:13

Alt: 13.32° Az: 146.93° Direction: South-South-East

Felis, also designated as , is a giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Hydra.

Felis visual magnitude is 4.94. Because of its moderate brightness, Felis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of Felis. The red arrow shows the motion of Felis during the next 10000 years (-7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 09h 56m 02s

Declination -19° 07’ 38”

Hour Angle 21h 43m 13s

Sideral Time 07h 39m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 09h 54m 52s

Declination -19° 00’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 255.24°

Galactic Latitude 27.09°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for Felis - HR3923.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.94

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.74

Spectral Type M1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.57

Temperature 3691K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

Felis is distant 705.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 50 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 216.45

Distance (light year) 705.63

Radial Speed 50 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.047 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

Proper Name Felis

Henry Draper Catalogue HD85951

SAO Catalogue SAO155588

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP48615

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-18 2810

FK5 Catalogue 373

Visibility from Your Location

Today's Felis - HR3923 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 109.1° RISE 5:42

Max altitude: 19.4° TRANSIT 9:57

Azimuth: 250.9° SET 14:13

Set Location

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