HR5791

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:54 | Tran: 1:04 | Set: 7:10

Alt: -19.91° Az: 59.85° Direction: East-North-East

HR5791 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR5791 visual magnitude is 6.56. Because of its faintness, HR5791 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR5791. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5791 during the next 10000 years (-12.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 36m 21s

Declination +01° 35’ 08”

Hour Angle 15h 37m 42s

Sidereal Time 07h 14m 04s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 35m 04s

Declination +01° 40’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 6.98°

Galactic Latitude 43.28°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.56

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 2.71

Spectral Type F0III

Color Index (B-V) 0.28

Temperature 7591K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5791 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5791. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5791 is distant 192.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 59.00

Distance (light year) 192.33

Radial Speed -20 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.074 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD138936

SAO Catalogue SAO121071

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP76291

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+02 2977

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5791 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 88.4° RISE 18:54

Max altitude: 40.1° TRANSIT 1:04

Azimuth: 271.6° SET 7:10

Set Location

Other stars in Serpens