HR935

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:32 | Tran: 10:00 | Set: 15:28

Alt: 8.81° Az: 248.64° Direction: South-South-West

HR935 is a double giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR935 visual magnitude is 5.27. Because of its faintness, HR935 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 07m 49s

Declination -05° 59’ 29”

Hour Angle 04h 30m 54s

Sidereal Time 07h 38m 43s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 06m 33s

Declination -06° 05’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 185.87°

Galactic Latitude -51.62°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.27

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.80

Spectral Type M3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.6

Temperature 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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 534.43

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD19349

SAO Catalogue SAO130284

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP14456

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-06 606

FK5 Catalogue 2221

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 96.0° RISE 4:32

Max altitude: 32.5° TRANSIT 10:00

Azimuth: 264.0° SET 15:28

Set Location

Other stars in Eridanus