HR5737

Altitude: 38.6° Azimuth: 326.5° Direction: North-North-West

HR5737 is a giant star in the constellation of Draco.

HR5737 visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5737 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5737:

Color of HR5737 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5737 5.79

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR5737 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 38.6°
Azimuth: 326.5°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5737

HR5737 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5737 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 15h 22m 38s

Declination J2000 +63° 20’ 29”

Galactic Longitude 99.48°

Galactic Latitude 46.3°

Constellation Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5737 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5737.

Visibility of HR5737 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR5737 is circumpolar and transits at 14:38 UTC (altitude: 78.1°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5737

The image below is a photograph of HR5737 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5737 is -0.013 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.091 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR5737. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5737 during the next 1000 years (-0.22 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.52 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5737 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5737 is distant 379.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 46 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 116.41 pc

Distance (light year) 379.51 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -46 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.091 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5737

HR5737 belongs to spectral class K4

Absolute magnitude 0.46

Spectral Type K4

Color Index (B-V) 1.27

Temperature of HR5737 4176K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5737 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5737. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5737

Henry Draper Catalogue HD137443

SAO Catalogue SAO16713

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP75260

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+63 1192

FK5 Catalogue 3215

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