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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:56 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:29
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HR970

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:44 | Tran: 0:26 | Set: 2:05
Alt: -19.56°   Az: 236.52°   Direction: West-South-West

HR970 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR970 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, HR970 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 HR970 star
DSS2 image of HR970. The red arrow shows the motion of HR970 during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 13m 59s
-35° 51’ 07”
05h 03m 22s
08h 17m 22s

J2000

03h 13m 01s
-35° 56’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

238.21°
-58.76°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR970 star
Simplified finder chart for HR970.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.27
Main-sequence

0.43
B8V
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR970 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR970. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR970 is distant 479.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

147.06
479.41
22 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO194163
SAO194163

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR970 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 125.9°
Max altitude: 2.7°
Azimuth: 234.1°