HR953

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:19 | Tran: 10:04 | Set: 13:49

Alt: -6.41° Az: 239.55° Direction: South-South-West

HR953 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR953 visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, HR953 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 HR953. The red arrow shows the motion of HR953 during the next 10000 years (9.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 11m 42s

Declination -23° 38’ 34”

Hour Angle 04h 37m 01s

Sidereal Time 07h 48m 43s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 10m 35s

Declination -23° 44’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 214.63°

Galactic Latitude -58.5°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.38

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.75

Spectral Type K0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.93

Temperature 4917K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR953 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR953. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR953 is distant 274.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 84.18

Distance (light year) 274.41

Radial Speed 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.058 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD19826

SAO Catalogue SAO168354

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP14757

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-24 1480

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR953 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.6° RISE 6:19

Max altitude: 14.9° TRANSIT 10:04

Azimuth: 246.4° SET 13:49

Set Location

Other stars in Eridanus