HR5847

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:25 | Tran: 1:08 | Set: 5:48

Alt: -41.15° Az: 57.21° Direction: East-North-East

HR5847 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Libra.

HR5847 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR5847 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 HR5847. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5847 during the next 1000 years (-0.07 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.60 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 44m 50s

Declination -15° 07’ 20”

Hour Angle 14h 43m 54s

Sidereal Time 06h 28m 45s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 43m 24s

Declination -15° 02’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 352.91°

Galactic Latitude 30.68°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.31

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.81

Spectral Type K0IV

Color Index (B-V) 1.16

Temperature 4389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5847 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5847. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5847 is distant 410.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 125.94

Distance (light year) 410.58

Radial Speed 21 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.004 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.096"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD140301

SAO Catalogue SAO159461

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP77007

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 4266

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5847 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.1° RISE 20:25

Max altitude: 23.4° TRANSIT 1:08

Azimuth: 254.9° SET 5:48

Set Location

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