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HR976

Above the horizon.  Rise: 17:13 | Tran: 3:16 | Set: 13:16
Alt: 65.80°   Az: 124.13°   Direction: South-East

HR976 is a variable and double star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Perseus.

HR976 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, HR976 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 HR976 star
DSS2 image of HR976. The red arrow shows the motion of HR976 during the next 10000 years (7.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 17m 35s
+34° 46’ 43”
22h 22m 24s
01h 39m 59s

J2000

03h 16m 01s
+34° 41’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

153.87°
-19.35°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR976 star
Simplified finder chart for HR976.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.25

2.12
A1
7591K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR976 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR976. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR976 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 HR976 double sysyem:

6.25
13.45
7.2
29.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR976 is distant 217.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

66.84
217.91
25 km/s
0.043 arcsec/y
-0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO56296
SAO56296

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR976 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.2°
Max altitude: 73.3°
Azimuth: 304.8°