HR5427

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -87.01° Az: 242.25° Direction: West-South-West

HR5427 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5427 visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its faintness, HR5427 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 HR5427. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5427 during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 35m 15s

Declination -52° 47’ 25”

Hour Angle 11h 42m 30s

Sidereal Time 02h 17m 46s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 33m 29s

Declination -52° 40’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 318.19°

Galactic Latitude 7.14°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.87

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.77

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.09

Temperature 4537K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5427 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5427. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5427 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5427 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.87

Secondary star magnitude 13.97

Magnitude difference 8.1

Separation 20 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5427 is distant 341.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 42 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 104.60

Distance (light year) 341.00

Radial Speed -42 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD127501

SAO Catalogue SAO241793

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP71182

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-52 7301

Visibility from Your Location

HR5427 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

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