HR935

Altitude: 4.9° Azimuth: 253.8° Direction: West-South-West

HR935 is a double giant star in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR935 visual magnitude is 5.27. Because of its reltive faintness, HR935 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR935:

Color of HR935 ⬤

Magnitude of HR935 5.27

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR935 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 4.9°
Azimuth: 253.8°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR935

HR935 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR935 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 06m 33s

Declination J2000 -06° 05’ 18”

Galactic Longitude 185.87°

Galactic Latitude -51.62°

Constellation Eridanus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR935 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR935.

Visibility of HR935 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR935 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.1° RISE 16:53

Max altitude: 32.4° TRANSIT 22:20

Azimuth: 263.9° SET 3:51

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR935

The image below is a photograph of HR935 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR935 is 0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR935. The red arrow shows the motion of HR935 during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR935 from the Sun and relative movement

HR935 is distant 534.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 163.93 pc

Distance (light year) 534.43 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR935

HR935 belongs to spectral class M3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.80

Spectral Type M3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.6

Temperature of HR935 3649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR935 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR935. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR935 star system properties

HR935 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR935 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.27

Secondary star magnitude 12.47

Magnitude difference 7.2

Separation 15.9 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR935

Henry Draper Catalogue HD19349

SAO Catalogue SAO130284

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP14456

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-06 606

FK5 Catalogue 2221

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