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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:10 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:42
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HR948

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:42 | Tran: 12:42 | Set: 19:41
Alt: 34.36°   Az: 242.90°   Direction: West-South-West

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.

Image of HR948 star
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

03h 12m 02s
+11° 58’ 02”
03h 14m 46s
06h 26m 49s

J2000

03h 10m 38s
+11° 52’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

168.4°
-38.41°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR948.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.98
Main-sequence

-0.04
B8V
10941K

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

HR 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.

160.26
522.44
1 km/s
0.041 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO93320
SAO93320

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°
Max altitude: 50.5°
Azimuth: 282.0°