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HR5197

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:43 | Tran: 22:44 | Set: 1:49
Alt: 6.48°   Az: 158.64°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5197 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR5197 visual magnitude is 6.18. Because of its faintness, HR5197 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.

Image of HR5197 star
DSS2 image of HR5197. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5197 during the next 10000 years (-8.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 51m 33s
-29° 12’ 23”
22h 22m 01s
12h 13m 35s

J2000

13h 50m 06s
-29° 04’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

318.07°
32.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5197.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.18
Hypergiant

0.96
A0V
10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5197 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5197. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5197 is distant 361.42 light years from the Sun

110.86
361.42
-0.048 arcsec/y
-0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO181999
SAO181999

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5197 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.2°
Max altitude: 9.3°
Azimuth: 240.8°