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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:46 
Transit: 12:58 
Sunset: 21:11
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HR946

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:35 | Tran: 11:11 | Set: 19:47
Alt: -2.86°   Az: 322.40°   Direction: North-West

HR946 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Aries.

HR946 visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, HR946 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.

Image of HR946 star
DSS2 image of HR946. The red arrow shows the motion of HR946 during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 11m 57s
+26° 59’ 29”
09h 07m 25s
12h 19m 23s

J2000

03h 10m 27s
+26° 53’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

157.54°
-26.48°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR946.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.02
Giant

0.54
K3III
4158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR946 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR946. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR946 is distant 405.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

124.53
405.98
-16 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
0.07"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO75771
SAO75771

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR946 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 63.0°
Max altitude: 65.5°
Azimuth: 297.0°