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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR5541

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:22 | Tran: 0:07 | Set: 10:57
Alt: 0.13°   Az: 14.73°   Direction: North-North-East

HR5541 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Boötes.

HR5541 visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its faintness, HR5541 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 HR5541 star
DSS2 image of HR5541. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5541 during the next 1000 years (-3.52 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.57 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 51m 30s
+37° 10’ 05”
13h 14m 25s
04h 05m 55s

J2000

14h 50m 29s
+37° 16’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

62.48°
62.99°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5541.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.48
Hypergiant

1.54
K0III
4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5541 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5541. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5541 is distant 199.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 67 kilometers per second.

61.31
199.88
-67 km/s
-0.211 arcsec/y
0.094"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO64355
SAO64355

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5541 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.8°
Max altitude: 75.7°
Azimuth: 307.2°