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public Observing fromLocation: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
north SunriseRise: 6:55  
clear_day Transit: 12:49  
SunsetSet: 18:41 south
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HR5910

Altitude: 7.5°   Azimuth: 155.5°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5910 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR5910 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5910 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 HR5910:

6.14
Main-sequence

HR5910 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 7.5°
Azimuth: 155.5°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5910

HR5910 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5910 are provided in the following table:

15h 54m 29s
-27° 20’ 18”
345.57°
20°
Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5910 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5910 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5910.

Visibility of HR5910 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 HR5910 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: 117.3°
Max altitude: 11.2°
Azimuth: 242.7°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5910

The image below is a photograph of HR5910 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 HR5910 is -0.025 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.

Image of HR5910 star
DSS2 image of HR5910. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5910 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5910 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5910 is distant 530.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

162.87 pc
530.94 ly
4 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/year
-0.023 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5910

HR5910 belongs to spectral class B6 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

0.08
B6V
11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5910 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5910. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5910

SAO183907
SAO183907