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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:23 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:05
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HR2953

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:08 | Tran: 22:17 | Set: 5:30
Alt: -14.76°   Az: 43.56°   Direction: North-East

HR2953 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Gemini.

HR2953 visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its faintness, HR2953 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 HR2953 star
DSS2 image of HR2953. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2953 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

07h 42m 11s
+13° 42’ 39”
14h 53m 13s
22h 35m 25s

J2000

07h 40m 47s
+13° 46’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

205.89°
17.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2953.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.24
Hypergiant

-1.27
K0
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2953 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2953. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2953 is distant 1,034.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

317.46
1,034.92
5 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
-0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO97136
SAO97136

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2953 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.3°
Max altitude: 52.2°
Azimuth: 283.7°