HR1966

Below the horizon. Rise: 3:05 | Tran: 5:21 | Set: 7:37

Alt: -59.79° Az: 293.67° Direction: West-North-West

HR1966 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Columba.

HR1966 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR1966 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 HR1966. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1966 during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 05h 42m 21s

Declination -33° 23’ 22”

Hour Angle 09h 46m 00s

Sideral Time 15h 28m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 05h 41m 26s

Declination -33° 24’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 238.18°

Galactic Latitude -28.32°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR1966.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.34

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.73

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1966 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR1966. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1966 is distant 431.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 132.45

Distance (light year) 431.79

Radial Speed 29 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD38056

SAO Catalogue SAO196088

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP26796

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-33 2483

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1966 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.4° RISE 3:05

Max altitude: 5.1° TRANSIT 5:21

Azimuth: 236.6° SET 7:37

Set Location

Other stars in Columba