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Sunset: 15:50
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HR5507

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:57 | Tran: 9:35 | Set: 17:14
Alt: 10.22°   Az: 72.62°   Direction: East-North-East

HR5507 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Boötes.

HR5507 visual magnitude is 6.13. Because of its faintness, HR5507 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 HR5507 star
DSS2 image of HR5507. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5507 during the next 10000 years (5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 46m 29s
+18° 46’ 50”
17h 30m 59s
08h 17m 29s

J2000

14h 45m 20s
+18° 53’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

21.51°
62.6°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5507.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.13
Hypergiant

0.22
K0
5192K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5507 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5507. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5507 is distant 494.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

151.75
494.69
-4 km/s
0.032 arcsec/y
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO101187
SAO101187

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5507 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.2°
Max altitude: 57.3°
Azimuth: 288.8°