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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR956

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 27.68°   Az: 313.97°   Direction: North-West

HR956 is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Perseus.

HR956 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, HR956 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 HR956 star
DSS2 image of HR956. The red arrow shows the motion of HR956 during the next 10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 15m 10s
+48° 16’ 13”
07h 06m 57s
10h 22m 08s

J2000

03h 13m 23s
+48° 10’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

145.96°
-8.25°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR956.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Giant

1.00
G9III
4816K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR956 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR956. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR956 is distant 311.37 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

95.51
311.37
-10 km/s
0.03 arcsec/y
-0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO38652
SAO38652

Visibility from Your Location

HR956 is circumpolar and transits at 11:33 UTC (altitude: 86.8°)