HR5859

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:21 | Tran: 16:46 | Set: 23:11

Alt: -32.68° Az: 349.91° Direction: North

HR5859 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR5859 visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, HR5859 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 HR5859. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5859 during the next 10000 years (4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 46m 36s

Declination +05° 22’ 15”

Hour Angle 11h 25m 55s

Sideral Time 03h 12m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 45m 23s

Declination +05° 26’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 13.27°

Galactic Latitude 43.32°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5859.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.58

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.22

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.04

Temperature 9652K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5859 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5859. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5859 is distant 383.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 117.79

Distance (light year) 383.98

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.027 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD140775

SAO Catalogue SAO121170

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP77163

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+05 3072

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5859 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.6° RISE 10:21

Max altitude: 43.9° TRANSIT 16:46

Azimuth: 275.4° SET 23:11

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Serpens