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public  Rosario, Philippines Rosario, Philippines  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:35 
Transit: 12:00 
Sunset: 18:26
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HR960

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:48 | Tran: 7:41 | Set: 12:39
Alt: -37.66°   Az: 218.16°   Direction: South-West

HR960 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Horologium.

HR960 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR960 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 HR960 star
DSS2 image of HR960. The red arrow shows the motion of HR960 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 11m 17s
-48° 38’ 18”
08h 49m 00s
12h 00m 17s

J2000

03h 10m 27s
-48° 44’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

261.22°
-55.59°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR960.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.12
Giant

0.74
K1III
4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR960 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR960. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR960 is distant 387.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

118.91
387.63
14 km/s
0.034 arcsec/y
-0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO216197
SAO216197

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR960 rise, transit and set times from Rosario, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 138.6°
Max altitude: 27.5°
Azimuth: 221.4°