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HR5518

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:30 | Tran: 0:21 | Set: 5:16
Alt: 1.69°   Az: 246.61°   Direction: West-South-West

HR5518 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Libra.

HR5518 visual magnitude is 6.35. Because of its faintness, HR5518 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 HR5518 star
DSS2 image of HR5518. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5518 during the next 10000 years (7.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -14.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 49m 18s
-12° 56’ 39”
04h 41m 06s
19h 30m 24s

J2000

14h 47m 54s
-12° 50’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

341.92°
41.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5518.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.35
Hypergiant

1.13
K0III
4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5518 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5518. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5518 is distant 360.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

110.62
360.62
33 km/s
0.043 arcsec/y
-0.085"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO158808
SAO158808

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5518 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.9°
Max altitude: 25.6°
Azimuth: 257.1°