HR916

Below the horizon. Rise: 8:52 | Tran: 17:40 | Set: 2:32

Alt: -10.13° Az: 357.92° Direction: North

HR916 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Aries.

HR916 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, HR916 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 HR916. The red arrow shows the motion of HR916 during the next 10000 years (13.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 05m 00s

Declination +28° 22’ 00”

Hour Angle 11h 50m 40s

Sidereal Time 14h 55m 40s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 03m 30s

Declination +28° 16’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 155.26°

Galactic Latitude -26.19°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.36

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 2.87

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V)

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR916 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR916. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR916 is distant 162.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 49.98

Distance (light year) 162.92

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.083 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD18928

SAO Catalogue SAO75709

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP14232

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+27 468

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR916 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 61.6° RISE 8:52

Max altitude: 66.9° TRANSIT 17:40

Azimuth: 298.4° SET 2:32

Set Location

Other stars in Aries