HR971

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:50 | Tran: 3:04 | Set: 12:13

Alt: -6.65° Az: 346.06° Direction: North-North-West

HR971 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Aries.

HR971 visual magnitude is 5.52. Because of its faintness, HR971 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.

DSS2 image of HR971. The red arrow shows the motion of HR971 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 11.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 03h 16m 51s

Declination +30° 38’ 49”

Hour Angle 10h 55m 25s

Sideral Time 14h 12m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 15m 20s

Declination +30° 33’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 156.23°

Galactic Latitude -22.85°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR971.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.52

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -0.10

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR971 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR971. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR971 is distant 433.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 132.98

Distance (light year) 433.51

Radial Speed -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD20149

SAO Catalogue SAO56285

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP15154

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+30 512

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR971 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 59.4° RISE 17:50

Max altitude: 69.2° TRANSIT 3:04

Azimuth: 300.6° SET 12:13

Set Location

Other stars in Aries