HR923

Above the horizon. Rise: 22:12 | Tran: 9:39 | Set: 21:01

Alt: 36.11° Az: 292.99° Direction: West-North-West

HR923 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Perseus.

HR923 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, HR923 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 HR923. The red arrow shows the motion of HR923 during the next 10000 years (-8.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 07m 00s

Declination +40° 40’ 48”

Hour Angle 05h 14m 50s

Sidereal Time 08h 21m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 05m 20s

Declination +40° 34’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 148.7°

Galactic Latitude -15.49°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.05

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.56

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.01

Temperature 4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR923 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR923. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR923 is distant 408.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 125.16

Distance (light year) 408.01

Radial Speed -34 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.053 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD19066

SAO Catalogue SAO38559

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP14365

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+40 664

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR923 rise, transit and set times from Chemerivtsi, Ukraine are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Kiev):

Azimuth: 49.3° RISE 22:12

Max altitude: 81.7° TRANSIT 9:39

Azimuth: 310.7° SET 21:01

Name:	Chemerivtsi, Ukraine
Latitude:	49° 0' 42.5" N
Longitude:	26° 20' 31.2" E
Timezone:	Europe/Kiev

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