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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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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.

Image of HR5847 star
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

15h 44m 50s
-15° 07’ 20”
14h 43m 54s
06h 28m 45s

J2000

15h 43m 24s
-15° 02’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

352.91°
30.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5847.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Hypergiant

0.81
K0IV
4389K

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

HR 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.

125.94
410.58
21 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
-0.096"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO159461
SAO159461

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°
Max altitude: 23.4°
Azimuth: 254.9°