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public  Bras-Panon, Reunion Bras-Panon, Reunion  ⓘ
TimezoneIndian/Reunion
Sunrise: 6:55 
Transit: 12:22 
Sunset: 17:50
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HR993

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:24 | Tran: 8:15 | Set: 15:01
Alt: 78.95°   Az: 224.04°   Direction: South-West

HR993 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Fornax.

HR993 visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its faintness, HR993 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 HR993 star
DSS2 image of HR993. The red arrow shows the motion of HR993 during the next 1000 years (3.08 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.25 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 19m 07s
-28° 42’ 17”
00h 34m 57s
03h 54m 04s

J2000

03h 18m 02s
-28° 47’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

224.61°
-57.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR993.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.91
Main-sequence

1.95
F3V
7276K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR993 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR993. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR993 is distant 201.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 42 kilometers per second.

61.96
201.98
42 km/s
0.185 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO168449
SAO168449

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR993 rise, transit and set times from Bras-Panon, Reunion are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Indian/Reunion):

Azimuth: 118.7°
Max altitude: 82.3°
Azimuth: 241.3°