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.

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

Right Ascension 14h 49m 18s

Declination -12° 56’ 39”

Hour Angle 04h 41m 06s

Sidereal Time 19h 30m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 47m 54s

Declination -12° 50’ 22”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 341.92°

Galactic Latitude 41.05°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.35

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.13

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.1

Temperature 4515K

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

Distance (parsec) 110.62

Distance (light year) 360.62

Radial Speed 33 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.043 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.085"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD130325

SAO Catalogue SAO158808

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP72373

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-12 4134

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° RISE 19:30

Max altitude: 25.6° TRANSIT 0:21

Azimuth: 257.1° SET 5:16

Set Location

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