HR5309

Altitude: -10.5° Azimuth: 243.8° Direction: West-South-West

HR5309 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Hydra.

HR5309 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5309 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5309:

Color of HR5309 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5309 6.34

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR5309 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -10.5°
Azimuth: 243.8°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5309

HR5309 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5309 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 14h 12m 24s

Declination J2000 -24° 21’ 51”

Galactic Longitude 325.54°

Galactic Latitude 34.93°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5309 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5309.

Visibility of HR5309 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 114.4° RISE 18:28

Max altitude: 14.2° TRANSIT 22:08

Azimuth: 245.6° SET 1:52

RIGHT NOW HR5309 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5309

The image below is a photograph of HR5309 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5309 is 0.011 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.028 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR5309 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 148.37 pc

Distance (light year) 483.68 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.011 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.028 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5309

HR5309 belongs to spectral class K0

Absolute magnitude 0.48

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.35

Temperature of HR5309 4034K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR5309

Henry Draper Catalogue HD124162

SAO Catalogue SAO182343

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP69398

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2311551

In Evidence

Other stars in Hydra