HR5087

Below the horizon. Rise: 6:49 | Tran: 13:16 | Set: 19:44

Alt: -31.42° Az: 343.82° Direction: North-North-West

HR5087 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5087 visual magnitude is 6.51. Because of its faintness, HR5087 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR5087. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5087 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 31m 12s

Declination +05° 53’ 09”

Hour Angle 11h 04m 40s

Sideral Time 00h 35m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 29m 57s

Declination +06° 00’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 328.11°

Galactic Latitude 66.98°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5087.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.51

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.59

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature 4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5087 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5087. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5087 is distant 498.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 152.91

Distance (light year) 498.47

Radial Speed -19 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.017 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.05"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD117405

SAO Catalogue SAO119961

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP65855

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+06 2750

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5087 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.1° RISE 6:49

Max altitude: 44.4° TRANSIT 13:16

Azimuth: 275.9° SET 19:44

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo