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HR1960

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -52.07°   Az: 218.34°   Direction: South-West

HR1960 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Dorado.

HR1960 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR1960 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 HR1960 star
DSS2 image of HR1960. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1960 during the next 10000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 36m 54s
-66° 32’ 47”
07h 06m 35s
12h 43m 30s

J2000

05h 36m 54s
-66° 33’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

276.51°
-32.1°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR1960 star
Simplified finder chart for HR1960.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Main-sequence

-0.79
B9V
11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1960 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1960. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1960 is distant 855.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

262.47
855.64
20 km/s
-0.022 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO249322
SAO249322

Visibility from Your Location

HR1960 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK