HR5489

HR5489 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5489 visual magnitude is 4.92. Because of its moderate brightness, HR5489 should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5489:

Color of HR5489 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5489 4.92

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR5489 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5489

HR5489 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5489 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 14h 44m 59s

Declination J2000 -35° 11’ 30”

Galactic Longitude 327.73°

Galactic Latitude 22.15°

Constellation Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5489 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5489.

Visibility of HR5489 from your location

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

Today's HR5489 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 125.2° RISE 21:06

Max altitude: 3.3° TRANSIT 22:56

Azimuth: 234.8° SET 0:46

RIGHT NOW HR5489 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5489

The image below is a photograph of HR5489 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 HR5489 is 0.003 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.004 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR5489. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5489 during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5489 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5489 is distant 206.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 63.45 pc

Distance (light year) 206.85 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.004 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5489

HR5489 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.91

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature of HR5489 10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5489 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5489. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5489

Henry Draper Catalogue HD129685

SAO Catalogue SAO205899

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP72104

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-34 9888

In Evidence

Other stars in Centaurus