HR1965

Above the horizon. Rise: 0:45 | Tran: 5:14 | Set: 9:39

Alt: 0.75° Az: 119.99° Direction: East-South-East

HR1965 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Lepus.

HR1965 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR1965 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.

DSS2 image of HR1965. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1965 during the next 10000 years (-6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 43m 20s

Declination -17° 31’ 11”

Hour Angle 19h 38m 59s

Sidereal Time 01h 22m 19s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 42m 14s

Declination -17° 31’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 221.6°

Galactic Latitude -22.94°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1965.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.15

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.16

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.38

Temperature 3983K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1965 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1965. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1965 is distant 597.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 62 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 183.15

Distance (light year) 597.07

Radial Speed 62 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.036 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38054

SAO Catalogue SAO150716

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26866

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-17 1214

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1965 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.5° RISE 0:45

Max altitude: 21.0° TRANSIT 5:14

Azimuth: 252.5° SET 9:39

Set Location

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