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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR952

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:09 | Tran: 12:15 | Set: 19:21
Alt: 32.58°   Az: 248.32°   Direction: West-South-West

HR952 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Aries.

HR952 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR952 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 HR952 star
DSS2 image of HR952. The red arrow shows the motion of HR952 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 12m 45s
+13° 08’ 32”
03h 34m 05s
06h 46m 51s

J2000

03h 11m 21s
+13° 02’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

167.61°
-37.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR952.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
Hypergiant

1.00
K0III
4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR952 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR952. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR952 is distant 344.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

105.60
344.24
11 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO93327
SAO93327

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR952 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 76.9°
Max altitude: 51.7°
Azimuth: 283.1°