HR5246

Below the horizon. Rise: 11:33 | Tran: 15:22 | Set: 19:11

Alt: -46.65° Az: 294.30° Direction: West-North-West

HR5246 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR5246 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, HR5246 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 HR5246. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5246 during the next 10000 years (-6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 58m 50s

Declination -23° 08’ 32”

Hour Angle 09h 08m 31s

Sideral Time 23h 07m 21s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 57m 27s

Declination -23° 01’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 322.14°

Galactic Latitude 37.37°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5246.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.14

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.17

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.43

Temperature 3902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5246 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5246. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5246 is distant 595.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 182.82

Distance (light year) 595.98

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.041 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD121699

SAO Catalogue SAO182123

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP68177

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-22 3687

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5246 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.1° RISE 11:33

Max altitude: 15.4° TRANSIT 15:22

Azimuth: 246.9° SET 19:11

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

Location

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