HR973

Altitude: 9.9° Azimuth: 19.9° Direction: North-North-East

HR973 is a giant star in the constellation of Perseus.

HR973 visual magnitude is 6.16. Because of its reltive faintness, HR973 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 HR973:

Color of HR973 ⬤

Magnitude of HR973 6.16

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR973 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 9.9°
Azimuth: 19.9°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR973

HR973 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 HR973 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 03h 16m 04s

Declination J2000 +45° 20’ 44”

Galactic Longitude 147.87°

Galactic Latitude -10.41°

Constellation Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR973 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR973.

Visibility of HR973 from your location

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

HR973 is circumpolar and transits at 10:13 UTC (altitude: 83.9°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR973

The image below is a photograph of HR973 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 HR973 is 0.054 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.045 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR973. The red arrow shows the motion of HR973 during the next 10000 years (9.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR973 from the Sun and relative movement

HR973 is distant 918.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 281.69 pc

Distance (light year) 918.31 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.054 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.045 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR973

HR973 belongs to spectral class M2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -1.09

Spectral Type M2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.67

Temperature of HR973 3555K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR973 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR973. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR973

Henry Draper Catalogue HD20162

SAO Catalogue SAO38685

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP15209

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+44 648

In Evidence

Other stars in Perseus