HR913

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:50 | Tran: 10:15 | Set: 15:41

Alt: 17.94° Az: 126.50° Direction: South-East

HR913 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR913 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR913 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.

DSS2 image of HR913. The red arrow shows the motion of HR913 during the next 1000 years (1.45 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.47 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 03m 24s

Declination -06° 23’ 44”

Hour Angle 20h 38m 44s

Sidereal Time 23h 42m 09s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 02m 09s

Declination -06° 29’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 185.31°

Galactic Latitude -52.74°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.19

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 3.63

Spectral Type G0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.6

Temperature 5968K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR913 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR913. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR913 is distant 105.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 32.46

Distance (light year) 105.81

Radial Speed 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.087 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.148"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD18894

SAO Catalogue SAO130251

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP14124

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-07 537

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR913 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.4° RISE 4:50

Max altitude: 32.1° TRANSIT 10:15

Azimuth: 263.6° SET 15:41

Set Location

Other stars in Eridanus