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public  Bagnolo in Piano, Italy Bagnolo in Piano, Italy  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/Rome
Sunrise: 5:44 
Transit: 13:23 
Sunset: 21:01
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HR979

Above the horizon.  Rise: 23:21 | Tran: 9:14 | Set: 19:03
Alt: 18.40°   Az: 309.46°   Direction: North-West

HR979 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Perseus.

HR979 visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, HR979 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 HR979 star
DSS2 image of HR979. The red arrow shows the motion of HR979 during the next 10000 years (2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 18m 52s
+40° 34’ 32”
07h 01m 15s
10h 20m 07s

J2000

03h 17m 11s
+40° 28’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

150.73°
-14.39°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR979.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.45
Main-sequence
HR979 is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

-0.22
B9V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR979 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR979. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR979 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR979 double sysyem:

6.45
7.35
0.9
3.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR979 is distant 704.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

215.98
704.10
-8 km/s
0.015 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO38700
SAO38700

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR979 rise, transit and set times from Bagnolo in Piano, Italy are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Rome):

Azimuth: 49.4°
Max altitude: 85.8°
Azimuth: 310.6°