HR926

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:50 | Tran: 9:58 | Set: 16:06

Alt: 4.03° Az: 268.08° Direction: South-West

HR926 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR926 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, HR926 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 HR926. The red arrow shows the motion of HR926 during the next 10000 years (4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 05m 57s

Declination +01° 57’ 41”

Hour Angle 05h 43m 56s

Sidereal Time 08h 49m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 04m 38s

Declination +01° 51’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 176.17°

Galactic Latitude -46.77°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.05

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.97

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.04

Temperature 4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR926 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR926. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR926 is distant 337.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 103.63

Distance (light year) 337.82

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.028 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD19121

SAO Catalogue SAO110945

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP14315

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+01 534

FK5 Catalogue 2218

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR926 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.0° RISE 3:50

Max altitude: 40.5° TRANSIT 9:58

Azimuth: 272.0° SET 16:06

Set Location

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