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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:07 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:19
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HR5909

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:11 | Tran: 12:41 | Set: 20:11
Alt: 3.72°   Az: 66.57°   Direction: East-North-East

HR5909 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR5909 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, HR5909 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.

Image of HR5909 star
DSS2 image of HR5909. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5909 during the next 10000 years (-6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 54m 03s
+17° 19’ 51”
16h 54m 17s
08h 48m 21s

J2000

15h 52m 56s
+17° 24’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

29.61°
47.13°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5909 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5909.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.36
Hypergiant

0.50
K0
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5909 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5909. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5909 is distant 485.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

148.81
485.12
-12 km/s
-0.041 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO101789
SAO101789

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5909 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 72.7°
Max altitude: 55.9°
Azimuth: 287.3°