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public  Meedhoo, Maldives Meedhoo, Maldives  ⓘ
TimezoneIndian/Maldives
Sunrise: 6:11 
Transit: 12:12 
Sunset: 18:14
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HR965

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:49 | Tran: 8:24 | Set: 13:56
Alt: 4.09°   Az: 358.20°   Direction: North

HR965 is a bright giant star of spectral class G3 in the constellation of Cepheus.

HR965 visual magnitude is 5.61. Because of its faintness, HR965 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 HR965 star
DSS2 image of HR965. The red arrow shows the motion of HR965 during the next 1000 years (1.05 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.27 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 38m 50s
+84° 59’ 41”
01h 24m 03s
05h 02m 54s

J2000

03h 32m 20s
+84° 54’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

126.5°
23.2°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR965.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.61
Bright giant

0.42
G3II
4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR965 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR965. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR965 is distant 355.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

108.93
355.12
33 km/s
0.063 arcsec/y
-0.136"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO550
SAO550

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR965 rise, transit and set times from Meedhoo, Maldives are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Indian/Maldives):

Azimuth: 5.0°
Max altitude: 4.4°
Azimuth: 355.0°