HR969

Altitude: 12.6° Azimuth: 4.8° Direction: North

HR969 is a supergiant star in the constellation of Perseus.

HR969 visual magnitude is 5.03. Because of its reltive faintness, HR969 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 HR969:

Color of HR969 ⬤

Magnitude of HR969 5.03

Class Supergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR969 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 12.6°
Azimuth: 4.8°
Direction: North

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR969

HR969 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 HR969 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 16m 12s

Declination J2000 +50° 56’ 16”

Galactic Longitude 144.89°

Galactic Latitude -5.66°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR969 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR969.

Visibility of HR969 from your location

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

HR969 is circumpolar and transits at 10:17 UTC (altitude: 89.5°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR969

The image below is a photograph of HR969 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 HR969 is -0.007 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.016 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR969. The red arrow shows the motion of HR969 during the next 10000 years (-1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR969 from the Sun and relative movement

HR969 is distant 833.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 255.75 pc

Distance (light year) 833.76 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.016 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR969

HR969 belongs to spectral class G6 and has a luminosity class of I corresponding to a supergiant star.

Absolute magnitude -2.01

Spectral Type G6I

Color Index (B-V) 1.15

Temperature of HR969 4409K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR969 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR969. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR969

Henry Draper Catalogue HD20123

SAO Catalogue SAO23914

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP15219

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+50 729

In Evidence

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