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HR5309

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:03 | Tran: 19:42 | Set: 23:21
Alt: 0.43°   Az: 227.56°   Direction: South-West

HR5309 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR5309 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR5309 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 HR5309 star
DSS2 image of HR5309. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5309 during the next 10000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 13m 51s
-24° 28’ 58”
03h 36m 44s
17h 50m 35s

J2000

14h 12m 24s
-24° 21’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

325.54°
34.93°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5309.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.34
Hypergiant

0.48
K0
4034K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5309 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5309. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5309 is distant 483.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

148.37
483.68
11 km/s
0.011 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO182343
SAO182343

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5309 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.5°
Max altitude: 14.0°
Azimuth: 245.5°