HR5641

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:16 | Tran: 23:40 | Set: 3:09

Alt: -45.46° Az: 75.06° Direction: East-North-East

HR5641 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Libra.

HR5641 visual magnitude is 5.76. Because of its faintness, HR5641 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 HR5641. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5641 during the next 10000 years (-5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 11m 49s

Declination -26° 25’ 40”

Hour Angle 15h 16m 42s

Sidereal Time 06h 28m 31s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 10m 18s

Declination -26° 19’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 337.87°

Galactic Latitude 26.96°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.76

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.06

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.05

Temperature 4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5641 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5641. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5641 is distant 449.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 137.93

Distance (light year) 449.66

Radial Speed -33 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.032 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD134373

SAO Catalogue SAO183237

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP74239

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2510758

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5641 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.4° RISE 20:16

Max altitude: 12.1° TRANSIT 23:40

Azimuth: 243.6° SET 3:09

Set Location

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