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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 13:05 
Sunset: 21:12
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HR5761

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:32 | Tran: 21:07 | Set: 7:46
Alt: 28.73°   Az: 66.04°   Direction: East-North-East

HR5761 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Boötes.

HR5761 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR5761 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 HR5761 star
DSS2 image of HR5761. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5761 during the next 10000 years (-9.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 31m 26s
+36° 43’ 05”
18h 05m 55s
09h 37m 22s

J2000

15h 30m 27s
+36° 48’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

59.18°
55.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5761.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
Hypergiant

1.35
K0
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5761 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5761. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5761 is distant 328.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

100.91
328.96
2 km/s
-0.059 arcsec/y
0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO64741
SAO64741

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5761 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.3°
Max altitude: 75.2°
Azimuth: 306.7°