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HR1977

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:00 | Tran: 19:51 | Set: 3:45
Alt: 49.16°   Az: 234.17°   Direction: South-West

HR1977 is a variable bright giant star of spectral class C5 in the constellation of Taurus.

HR1977 visual magnitude is 6.95. Because of its faintness, HR1977 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR1977 star
DSS2 image of HR1977. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1977 during the next 100000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 47m 09s
+20° 42’ 11”
02h 18m 06s
08h 05m 15s

J2000

05h 45m 39s
+20° 41’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

187.05°
-4.28°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1977.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.95
Bright giant

-0.20
C5II
2375K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1977 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1977. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1977 is distant 876.34 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

268.82
876.34
17 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO77516
SAO77516

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR1977 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 69.3°
Max altitude: 59.2°
Azimuth: 290.7°