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.

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

Right Ascension 03h 21m 52s

Declination +29° 08’ 19”

Hour Angle 15h 56m 01s

Sidereal Time 19h 17m 54s

J2000

Right Ascension 03h 20m 20s

Declination +29° 02’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 158.14°

Galactic Latitude -23.46°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.47

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude -2.00

Spectral Type K2II

Color Index (B-V) 1.55

Temperature 3720K

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

Distance (parsec) 196.46

Distance (light year) 640.47

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD20644

SAO Catalogue SAO75871

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP15549

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 516

FK5 Catalogue 2234

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° RISE 3:25

Max altitude: 67.7° TRANSIT 12:20

Azimuth: 299.1° SET 21:15

Set Location

Other stars in Aries