HR5403

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:56 | Tran: 19:57 | Set: 1:55

Alt: 12.55° Az: 208.22° Direction: South-South-West

HR5403 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5403 visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, HR5403 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 HR5403. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5403 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 30m 36s

Declination -59° 18’ 37”

Hour Angle 04h 18m 53s

Sidereal Time 18h 49m 29s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 28m 43s

Declination -59° 11’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 315.11°

Galactic Latitude 1.35°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.45

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -23.55

Spectral Type A0II

Color Index (B-V) 0.14

Temperature 8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5403 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5403. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5403 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 10,000,000.00

Distance (light year) 32,600,000.00

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD126610

SAO Catalogue SAO241737

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP70798

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-58 5549

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5403 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 149.3° RISE 13:56

Max altitude: 30.6° TRANSIT 19:57

Azimuth: 210.7° SET 1:55

Name:	Cayambe, Ecuador
Latitude:	0° 2' 27.0" N
Longitude:	78° 8' 42.7" W
Timezone:	America/Guayaquil

Set Location

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