HR5740

Below the horizon. Rise: 7:17 | Tran: 15:00 | Set: 22:42

Alt: -11.15° Az: 322.29° Direction: North-West

HR5740 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR5740 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its faintness, HR5740 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 HR5740. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5740 during the next 10000 years (-9.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 27m 00s

Declination +19° 23’ 42”

Hour Angle 09h 21m 58s

Sidereal Time 00h 48m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 25m 53s

Declination +19° 28’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 29.13°

Galactic Latitude 53.87°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5740.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.27

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 3.17

Spectral Type G0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.6

Temperature 5968K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5740 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5740. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5740 is distant 136.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 41.75

Distance (light year) 136.12

Radial Speed -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.057 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD137510

SAO Catalogue SAO101548

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP75535

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+19 2966

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5740 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 70.6° RISE 7:17

Max altitude: 57.9° TRANSIT 15:00

Azimuth: 289.4° SET 22:42

Set Location

Other stars in Serpens