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public  Münster, Austria Münster, Austria  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Vienna
Sunrise: 5:29 
Transit: 13:18 
Sunset: 21:06
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HR903

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:47 | Tran: 8:51 | Set: 11:55
Alt: 6.21°   Az: 156.23°   Direction: South-South-East

HR903 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR903 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR903 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 HR903 star
DSS2 image of HR903. The red arrow shows the motion of HR903 during the next 10000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 00m 41s
-32° 24’ 24”
22h 06m 39s
01h 07m 20s

J2000

02h 59m 38s
-32° 30’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

231.73°
-61.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR903.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Hypergiant

0.80
A0V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR903 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR903. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR903 is distant 412.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

126.58
412.66
16 km/s
0.01 arcsec/y
0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO194023
SAO194023

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR903 rise, transit and set times from Münster, Austria are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Vienna):

Azimuth: 122.4°
Max altitude: 10.2°
Azimuth: 237.6°