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Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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HR1950

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:37 | Tran: 20:21 | Set: 2:09
Alt: 35.49°   Az: 187.04°   Direction: South

HR1950 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B1 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1950 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR1950 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 HR1950 star
DSS2 image of HR1950. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1950 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 41m 52s
-02° 48’ 48”
00h 22m 56s
06h 04m 49s

J2000

05h 40m 37s
-02° 49’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

207.25°
-17.03°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1950.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22
Main-sequence

-2.34
B1V
13585K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1950 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1950. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1950 is distant 1,680.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

515.46
1,680.41
29 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO132441
SAO132441

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1950 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.8°
Max altitude: 35.7°
Azimuth: 267.2°