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Sunset: 20:54
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HR999

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:25 | Tran: 12:20 | Set: 21:15
Alt: 5.79°   Az: 48.81°   Direction: North-East

HR999 is a bright giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Aries.

HR999 visual magnitude is 4.47. Because of its moderate brightness, HR999 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR999 star
DSS2 image of HR999. The red arrow shows the motion of HR999 during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 21m 52s
+29° 08’ 19”
15h 56m 01s
19h 17m 54s

J2000

03h 20m 20s
+29° 02’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

158.14°
-23.46°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR999.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.47
Bright giant

-2.00
K2II
3720K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR999 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR999. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR999 is distant 640.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

196.46
640.47
-2 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO75871
SAO75871

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR999 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.9°
Max altitude: 67.7°
Azimuth: 299.1°