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public  Cayambe, Ecuador Cayambe, Ecuador  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Guayaquil
Sunrise: 6:14 
Transit: 12:16 
Sunset: 18:19
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HR5549

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:21 | Tran: 20:23 | Set: 2:21
Alt: 25.99°   Az: 232.21°   Direction: South-West

HR5549 is a multiple giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5549 visual magnitude is 5.82. Because of its faintness, HR5549 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 HR5549 star
DSS2 image of HR5549. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5549 during the next 100000 years (0.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 56m 11s
-33° 24’ 10”
03h 53m 14s
18h 49m 26s

J2000

14h 54m 38s
-33° 18’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

330.61°
22.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5549.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.82
Giant

-1.13
K2III
3918K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5549 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5549. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5549 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5549 double sysyem:

5.82
9.82
4
58.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5549 is distant 800.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

245.70
800.98
-24 km/s
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO206079
SAO206079

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5549 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 123.4°
Max altitude: 56.6°
Azimuth: 236.6°