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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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HR1955

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:16 | Tran: 15:16 | Set: 21:15
Alt: -3.99°   Az: 84.41°   Direction: East

HR1955 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Orion.

HR1955 visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its faintness, HR1955 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 HR1955 star
DSS2 image of HR1955. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1955 during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 42m 23s
+00° 20’ 56”
17h 32m 34s
23h 14m 58s

J2000

05h 41m 05s
+00° 20’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

204.4°
-15.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1955.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.93
Hypergiant

2.38
F0IV
7462K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1955 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1955. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1955 is distant 167.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

51.39
167.52
-13 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO113033
SAO113033

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1955 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.7°
Max altitude: 38.9°
Azimuth: 270.3°