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HR5785

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 75.96°   Az: 338.67°   Direction: North-North-West

HR5785 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Draco.

HR5785 visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, HR5785 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 HR5785 star
DSS2 image of HR5785. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5785 during the next 1000 years (-1.95 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.35 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 31m 17s
+64° 07’ 28”
00h 46m 39s
16h 17m 56s

J2000

15h 30m 55s
+64° 12’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

99.67°
45.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5785.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.79
Hypergiant

0.84
K0III
4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5785 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5785. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5785 is distant 318.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

97.66
318.36
10 km/s
-0.117 arcsec/y
0.081"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO16754
SAO16754

Visibility from Your Location

HR5785 is circumpolar and transits at 10:16 UTC (altitude: 77.4°)