HR5186

Above the horizon. Rise: 3:50 | Tran: 15:27 | Set: 3:08

Alt: 72.51° Az: 228.20° Direction: South-West

HR5186 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

HR5186 visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, HR5186 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 HR5186. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5186 during the next 1000 years (-2.18 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.27 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 48m 03s

Declination +38° 25’ 12”

Hour Angle 01h 06m 28s

Sideral Time 14h 54m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 46m 59s

Declination +38° 32’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 80.9°

Galactic Latitude 73.71°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5186.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.5

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.66

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.03

Temperature 4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5186 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5186. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5186 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5186 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.5

Secondary star magnitude 8.7

Magnitude difference 3.2

Separation 71.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5186 is distant 303.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 93.11

Distance (light year) 303.54

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.131 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD120164

SAO Catalogue SAO63739

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP67250

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+39 2680

FK5 Catalogue 3094

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5186 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 51.6° RISE 3:50

Max altitude: 76.9° TRANSIT 15:27

Azimuth: 308.4° SET 3:08

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Canes Venatici