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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:14 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:14
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HR955

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:49 | Tran: 17:28 | Set: 23:08
Alt: 34.72°   Az: 175.65°   Direction: South

HR955 is a double giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Eridanus.

HR955 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, HR955 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 HR955 star
DSS2 image of HR955. The red arrow shows the motion of HR955 during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 12m 34s
-03° 43’ 04”
23h 45m 40s
02h 58m 14s

J2000

03h 11m 18s
-03° 48’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

184.19°
-49.29°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR955.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.05
Giant

-0.85
M1III
3568K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR955 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR955. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR955 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR955 double sysyem:

6.05
11.95
5.9
24.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR955 is distant 783.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

240.38
783.65
24 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO130328
SAO130328

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR955 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.7°
Max altitude: 34.8°
Azimuth: 266.3°