HR5906

Altitude: -15.8° Azimuth: 250.3° Direction: West-South-West

HR5906 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR5906 visual magnitude is 5.39. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5906 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 HR5906:

Color of HR5906 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5906 5.39

Class Sub-giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR5906 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -15.8°
Azimuth: 250.3°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5906

HR5906 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5906 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 15h 53m 53s

Declination J2000 -24° 31’ 59”

Galactic Longitude 347.51°

Galactic Latitude 22.15°

Constellation Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5906 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5906.

Visibility of HR5906 from your location

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

Today's HR5906 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.5° RISE 7:07

Max altitude: 14.0° TRANSIT 10:46

Azimuth: 245.5° SET 14:24

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5906

The image below is a photograph of HR5906 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 HR5906 is -0.024 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.023 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR5906. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5906 during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5906 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5906 is distant 414.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 127.06 pc

Distance (light year) 414.23 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.024 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.023 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5906

HR5906 belongs to spectral class B6 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.13

Spectral Type B6IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature of HR5906 10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5906 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5906. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5906

Henry Draper Catalogue HD142165

SAO Catalogue SAO183900

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP77858

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2412354

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