HR5442

Altitude: 53.8° Azimuth: 58.6° Direction: East-North-East

HR5442 is a giant star in the constellation of Draco.

HR5442 visual magnitude is 5.76. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5442 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 HR5442:

Color of HR5442 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5442 5.76

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR5442 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 53.8°
Azimuth: 58.6°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5442

HR5442 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5442 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 14h 32m 30s

Declination J2000 +55° 23’ 52”

Galactic Longitude 96.99°

Galactic Latitude 56.34°

Constellation Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5442 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5442.

Visibility of HR5442 from your location

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

HR5442 is circumpolar and transits at 21:40 UTC (altitude: 86.1°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5442

The image below is a photograph of HR5442 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 HR5442 is 0.006 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.015 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR5442. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5442 during the next 10000 years (1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5442 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5442 is distant 611.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 187.62 pc

Distance (light year) 611.63 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.006 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.015 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5442

HR5442 belongs to spectral class K5

Absolute magnitude -0.61

Spectral Type K5

Color Index (B-V) 1.5

Temperature of HR5442 3794K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5442 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5442. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5442

Henry Draper Catalogue HD128000

SAO Catalogue SAO29191

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP71111

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+56 1746

In Evidence

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