HR5878

Altitude: 85.6° Azimuth: 23.3° Direction: North-North-East

HR5878 is a giant star in the constellation of Draco.

HR5878 visual magnitude is 5.92. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5878 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5878:

Color of HR5878 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5878 5.92

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR5878 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 85.6°
Azimuth: 23.3°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5878

HR5878 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5878 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 15h 46m 34s

Declination J2000 +55° 28’ 28”

Galactic Longitude 87.27°

Galactic Latitude 47.72°

Constellation Draco

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5878 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5878.

Visibility of HR5878 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR5878 is circumpolar and transits at 15:45 UTC (altitude: 86.0°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5878

The image below is a photograph of HR5878 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5878 is -0.125 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.076 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR5878. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5878 during the next 1000 years (-2.08 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.27 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5878 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5878 is distant 1,041.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 319.49 pc

Distance (light year) 1,041.53 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.125 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.076 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5878

HR5878 belongs to spectral class K3

Absolute magnitude -1.60

Spectral Type K3

Color Index (B-V) 1.39

Temperature of HR5878 3967K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5878 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5878. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5878

Henry Draper Catalogue HD141472

SAO Catalogue SAO29655

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP77272

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+55 1777

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