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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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HR5963

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:34 | Tran: 0:54 | Set: 7:18
Alt: -24.42°   Az: 45.21°   Direction: North-East

HR5963 is a giant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR5963 visual magnitude is 5.83. Because of its faintness, HR5963 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 HR5963 star
DSS2 image of HR5963. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5963 during the next 10000 years (-6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 12.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 02m 06s
+04° 21’ 27”
14h 41m 35s
06h 43m 41s

J2000

16h 00m 51s
+04° 25’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

14.86°
39.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5963.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.83
Giant

1.50
K0
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5963 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5963. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5963 is distant 239.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

73.42
239.35
-4 km/s
-0.041 arcsec/y
0.075"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO121315
SAO121315

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5963 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 85.6°
Max altitude: 42.9°
Azimuth: 274.4°