HR1961

Altitude: -4.8° Azimuth: 317.8° Direction: North-West

HR1961 is a variable main-sequence star in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1961 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its reltive faintness, HR1961 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR1961:

Color of HR1961 ⬤

Magnitude of HR1961 6.21

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR1961 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -4.8°
Azimuth: 317.8°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR1961

HR1961 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR1961 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 05h 43m 19s

Declination J2000 +23° 12’ 15”

Galactic Longitude 184.62°

Galactic Latitude -3.43°

Constellation Taurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR1961 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR1961.

Visibility of HR1961 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR1961 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 66.8° RISE 22:04

Max altitude: 61.7° TRANSIT 6:16

Azimuth: 293.2° SET 14:24

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR1961

The image below is a photograph of HR1961 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR1961 is -0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.022 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR1961. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1961 during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR1961 from the Sun and relative movement

HR1961 is distant 1,097.64 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 336.70 pc

Distance (light year) 1,097.64 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.001 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.022 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR1961

HR1961 belongs to spectral class B2 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -1.43

Spectral Type B2V

Color Index (B-V) -0.06

Temperature of HR1961 10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1961 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1961. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR1961

Henry Draper Catalogue HD37967

SAO Catalogue SAO77450

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26964

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+23 1015

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V731 Tau

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