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public  Cayambe, Ecuador Cayambe, Ecuador  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Guayaquil
Sunrise: 6:14 
Transit: 12:16 
Sunset: 18:19
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HR1961

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:11 | Tran: 11:09 | Set: 17:07
Alt: -61.97°   Az: 32.86°   Direction: North-North-East

HR1961 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1961 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR1961 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 HR1961 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 44m 52s
+23° 12’ 50”
13h 04m 26s
18h 49m 18s

J2000

05h 43m 19s
+23° 12’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

184.62°
-3.43°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1961.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.21
Main-sequence

-1.43
B2V
10941K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

336.70
1,097.64
16 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO77450
SAO77450

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1961 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 66.8°
Max altitude: 66.8°
Azimuth: 293.2°