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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR1981

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -62.96°   Az: 282.68°   Direction: West-North-West

HR1981 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Columba.

HR1981 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, HR1981 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 HR1981 star
DSS2 image of HR1981. The red arrow shows the motion of HR1981 during the next 10000 years (8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 44m 20s
-39° 23’ 49”
09h 39m 53s
15h 24m 13s

J2000

05h 43m 30s
-39° 24’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

244.95°
-29.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR1981.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.25
Main-sequence

2.61
F3V
7044K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR1981 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR1981. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR1981 is distant 174.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

53.39
174.05
13 km/s
0.051 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO196116
SAO196116

Visibility from Your Location

HR1981 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK