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.

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

Right Ascension 03h 12m 45s

Declination +13° 08’ 32”

Hour Angle 03h 34m 05s

Sidereal Time 06h 46m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 11m 21s

Declination +13° 02’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 167.61°

Galactic Latitude -37.4°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.12

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.00

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

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

Distance (parsec) 105.60

Distance (light year) 344.24

Radial Speed 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD19789

SAO Catalogue SAO93327

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP14821

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+12 452

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° RISE 5:09

Max altitude: 51.7° TRANSIT 12:15

Azimuth: 283.1° SET 19:21

Set Location

Other stars in Aries