HR5866

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:53 | Tran: 1:24 | Set: 6:50

Alt: -18.81° Az: 284.17° Direction: West-North-West

HR5866 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Libra.

HR5866 visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its faintness, HR5866 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 HR5866. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5866 during the next 100000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 48m 06s

Declination -06° 11’ 50”

Hour Angle 07h 30m 24s

Sidereal Time 23h 18m 30s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 46m 45s

Declination -06° 07’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 1.43°

Galactic Latitude 36.14°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.24

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.05

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.17

Temperature 4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5866 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5866. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5866 is distant 936.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 51 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 287.36

Distance (light year) 936.78

Radial Speed -51 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.009 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD140986

SAO Catalogue SAO140751

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP77287

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-05 4161

FK5 Catalogue 3250

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5866 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.2° RISE 19:53

Max altitude: 32.3° TRANSIT 1:24

Azimuth: 263.8° SET 6:50

Set Location

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