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HR975

Altitude: -4.8°   Azimuth: 11.5°   Direction: North-North-East

HR975 is a multiple main-sequence star in the constellation of Perseus.

HR975 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its reltive faintness, HR975 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR975 is -0.035 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.009 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR975 star
DSS2 image of HR975. The red arrow shows the motion of HR975 during the next 10000 years (-5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR975

6.31
Main-sequence

HR975 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -4.8°
Azimuth: 11.5°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR975

HR975 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 HR975 are provided in the following table:

03h 15m 47s
+32° 51’ 23”
154.91°
-20.9°
Perseus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR975 in the sky:

Finder chart HR975 star
Simplified finder chart for HR975.

Visibility of HR975 from your location

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

Today's HR975 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.1°
Max altitude: 71.4°
Azimuth: 302.9°

Distance of HR975 from the Sun and relative movement

HR975 is distant 202.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

62.00 pc
202.11 ly
14 km/s
-0.035 arcsec/year
0.009 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR975

HR975 belongs to spectral class F4 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

2.35
F4V
7044K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR975 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR975. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR975 star system properties

HR975 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR975 double sysyem:

6.31
12.81
6.5
44.1 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR975

SAO56293
SAO56293