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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:09 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:44
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HR1947

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -73.58°   Az: 303.99°   Direction: North-West

HR1947 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Columba.

HR1947 visual magnitude is 5.82. Because of its faintness, HR1947 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.

Image of HR1947 star
DSS2 image of HR1947. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1947 during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 15.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 39m 32s
-40° 41’ 40”
10h 47m 57s
16h 27m 30s

J2000

05h 38m 43s
-40° 42’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

246.21°
-30.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1947.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.82
Main-sequence

-0.07
B8V
11407K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1947 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1947. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1947 is distant 490.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

150.38
490.23
4 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO217450
SAO217450

Visibility from Your Location

HR1947 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK