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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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HR5550

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:43 | Tran: 0:03 | Set: 7:26
Alt: -14.64°   Az: 39.23°   Direction: North-East

HR5550 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F9 in the constellation of Boötes.

HR5550 visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its faintness, HR5550 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 HR5550 star
DSS2 image of HR5550. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5550 during the next 10000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 54m 34s
+15° 36’ 07”
14h 37m 46s
05h 32m 21s

J2000

14h 53m 23s
+15° 42’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

17.22°
59.51°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5550.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.4
Main-sequence

2.95
F9V
6088K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5550 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5550. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5550 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5550 double sysyem:

6.4
6.9
0.5
1.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5550 is distant 159.80 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

49.02
159.80
21 km/s
-0.022 arcsec/y
0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO101273
SAO101273

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5550 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.4°
Max altitude: 54.1°
Azimuth: 285.6°