HR966

Altitude: 7.1° Azimuth: 20.3° Direction: North-North-East

HR966 is a giant star in the constellation of Perseus.

HR966 visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its reltive faintness, HR966 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR966:

Color of HR966 ⬤

Magnitude of HR966 6.07

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR966 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 7.1°
Azimuth: 20.3°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR966

HR966 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR966 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 14m 56s

Declination J2000 +42° 30’ 14”

Galactic Longitude 149.24°

Galactic Latitude -12.92°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR966 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR966.

Visibility of HR966 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR966 is circumpolar and transits at 10:12 UTC (altitude: 81.0°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR966

The image below is a photograph of HR966 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR966 is 0.07 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.012 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR966 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 69.01 pc

Distance (light year) 224.98 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.07 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.012 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR966

HR966 belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.88

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.07

Temperature of HR966 4581K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR966

Henry Draper Catalogue HD20063

SAO Catalogue SAO38674

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP15118

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+41 638

In Evidence

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