HR5166

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:04 | Tran: 22:35 | Set: 2:09

Alt: -17.66° Az: 109.19° Direction: East-South-East

HR5166 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR5166 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR5166 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.

DSS2 image of HR5166. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5166 during the next 10000 years (-8.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 46m 11s

Declination -25° 37’ 38”

Hour Angle 18h 14m 16s

Sidereal Time 08h 00m 27s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 44m 45s

Declination -25° 30’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 317.81°

Galactic Latitude 35.83°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.21

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.47

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.38

Temperature 3983K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5166 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5166. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5166 is distant 705.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 216.45

Distance (light year) 705.63

Radial Speed 6 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.053 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD119623

SAO Catalogue SAO181921

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP67071

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2411057

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5166 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.6° RISE 19:04

Max altitude: 12.9° TRANSIT 22:35

Azimuth: 244.4° SET 2:09

Set Location

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