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HR1973

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:10 | Tran: 15:08 | Set: 17:07
Alt: -24.53°   Az: 244.51°   Direction: West-South-West

HR1973 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Columba.

HR1973 visual magnitude is 5.29. Because of its faintness, HR1973 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 HR1973 star
DSS2 image of HR1973. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1973 during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 43m 09s
-34° 39’ 25”
05h 46m 40s
11h 29m 50s

J2000

05h 42m 15s
-34° 40’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

239.62°
-28.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1973.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.29
Main-sequence

0.06
B9V
10795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1973 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1973. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1973 is distant 362.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 35 kilometers per second.

111.23
362.63
35 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
0.051"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO196098
SAO196098

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1973 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.7°
Max altitude: 3.9°
Azimuth: 235.3°