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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR1951

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:37 | Tran: 14:45 | Set: 22:54
Alt: -1.43°   Az: 48.12°   Direction: North-East

HR1951 is a star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1951 visual magnitude is 6.59. Because of its faintness, HR1951 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR1951 star
DSS2 image of HR1951. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1951 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 43m 27s
+23° 20’ 13”
15h 36m 36s
21h 20m 03s

J2000

05h 41m 54s
+23° 19’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

184.35°
-3.65°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1951.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.59

-0.08
B8
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1951 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1951. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1951 is distant 702.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

215.52
702.59
26 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO77413
SAO77413

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1951 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.7°
Max altitude: 61.9°
Azimuth: 293.3°