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HR977

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -67.59°   Az: 240.33°   Direction: West-South-West

HR977 is a variable bright giant star of spectral class C5 in the constellation of Horologium.

HR977 visual magnitude is 5.74. Because of its faintness, HR977 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 HR977 star
DSS2 image of HR977. The red arrow shows the motion of HR977 during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 13m 11s
-57° 13’ 46”
09h 29m 03s
12h 42m 14s

J2000

03h 12m 33s
-57° 19’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

273.3°
-50.9°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR977 star
Simplified finder chart for HR977.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.74
Bright giant

-2.29
C5II
2904K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR977 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR977. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR977 is distant 1,314.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

403.23
1,314.52
14 km/s
0.019 arcsec/y
0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO233037
SAO233037

Visibility from Your Location

HR977 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK