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HR964

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 78.68°   Az: 307.06°   Direction: North-West

HR964 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Perseus.

HR964 visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, HR964 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 HR964 star
DSS2 image of HR964. The red arrow shows the motion of HR964 during the next 100000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 17m 42s
+57° 13’ 50”
01h 07m 18s
04h 25m 01s

J2000

03h 15m 47s
+57° 08’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

141.57°
-0.41°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR964 star
Simplified finder chart for HR964.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.79
Hypergiant

-2.68
A0I
5501K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR964 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR964. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR964 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR964 double sysyem:

5.79
13.99
8.2
10.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR964 is distant 1,613.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

495.05
1,613.86
-12 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO23903
SAO23903

Visibility from Your Location

HR964 is circumpolar and transits at 03:27 UTC (altitude: 84.2°)