HR948

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:40 | Tran: 2:43 | Set: 9:42

Alt: -9.05° Az: 57.50° Direction: East-North-East

HR948 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Aries.

HR948 visual magnitude is 5.98. Because of its faintness, HR948 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 HR948. The red arrow shows the motion of HR948 during the next 10000 years (6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 12m 00s

Declination +11° 57’ 54”

Hour Angle 15h 53m 27s

Sidereal Time 19h 05m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 10m 38s

Declination +11° 52’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 168.4°

Galactic Latitude -38.41°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR948.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.98

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.04

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.06

Temperature 10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR948 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR948. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR948 is distant 522.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 160.26

Distance (light year) 522.44

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.041 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD19698

SAO Catalogue SAO93320

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP14764

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+11 445

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR948 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.0° RISE 19:40

Max altitude: 50.5° TRANSIT 2:43

Azimuth: 282.0° SET 9:42

Set Location

Other stars in Aries