HR5355

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:55 | Tran: 23:12 | Set: 3:33

Alt: -50.20° Az: 45.71° Direction: North-East

HR5355 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5355 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, HR5355 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 HR5355. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5355 during the next 10000 years (-9.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 20m 02s

Declination -18° 49’ 55”

Hour Angle 13h 55m 48s

Sidereal Time 04h 15m 51s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 18m 38s

Declination -18° 42’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 330.06°

Galactic Latitude 39.52°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5355.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.9

Class Hypergiant

HR5355 is also a CrEu chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 1.12

Spectral Type A0

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5355 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5355. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5355 is distant 294.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 90.25

Distance (light year) 294.22

Radial Speed -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.059 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD125248

SAO Catalogue SAO158481

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP69929

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-18 3789

FK5 Catalogue 1369

General Catalogue of Variable Stars CS Vir

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5355 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 108.8° RISE 18:55

Max altitude: 19.7° TRANSIT 23:12

Azimuth: 251.2° SET 3:33

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo