HR5906

Below the horizon. Rise: 21:13 | Tran: 0:51 | Set: 4:34

Alt: -31.80° Az: 269.55° Direction: West

HR5906 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR5906 visual magnitude is 5.39. Because of its faintness, HR5906 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 55m 25s

Declination -24° 36’ 23”

Hour Angle 07h 23m 14s

Sidereal Time 23h 18m 39s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 53m 53s

Declination -24° 31’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 347.51°

Galactic Latitude 22.15°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.39

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -0.13

Spectral Type B6IV

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 414.23

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.024 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD142165

SAO Catalogue SAO183900

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP77858

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2412354

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 114.6° RISE 21:13

Max altitude: 13.9° TRANSIT 0:51

Azimuth: 245.4° SET 4:34

Set Location

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