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public  Zürich (Kreis 9) / Albisrieden, Switzerland Zürich (Kreis 9) / Albisri...  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Zurich
Sunrise: 5:46 
Transit: 13:32 
Sunset: 21:17
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HR966

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:19 | Tran: 9:09 | Set: 20:54
Alt: 8.68°   Az: 32.31°   Direction: North-North-East

HR966 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Perseus.

HR966 visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its faintness, HR966 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 HR966 star
DSS2 image of HR966. The red arrow shows the motion of HR966 during the next 10000 years (11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 16m 38s
+42° 35’ 50”
15h 03m 28s
18h 20m 07s

J2000

03h 14m 56s
+42° 30’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

149.24°
-12.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR966.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.07
Giant

1.88
K2III
4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR966 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR966. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR966 is distant 224.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

69.01
224.98
22 km/s
0.07 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO38674
SAO38674

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR966 rise, transit and set times from Zürich (Kreis 9) / Albisrieden, Switzerland are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Zurich):

Azimuth: 47.4°
Max altitude: 85.2°
Azimuth: 312.6°