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HR5472

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:57 | Tran: 4:59 | Set: 12:58
Alt: -0.40°   Az: 52.64°   Direction: North-East

HR5472 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Boötes.

HR5472 visual magnitude is 6.1. Because of its faintness, HR5472 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.

Image of HR5472 star
DSS2 image of HR5472. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5472 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 41m 30s
+21° 52’ 07”
15h 55m 41s
06h 37m 11s

J2000

14h 40m 21s
+21° 58’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

27.15°
64.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5472.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.1
Hypergiant

0.98
G0V
6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5472 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5472. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5472 is distant 344.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

105.60
344.24
1 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO83458
SAO83458

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5472 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 68.1°
Max altitude: 60.4°
Azimuth: 291.9°