HR5913

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:48 | Tran: 17:10 | Set: 0:32

Alt: -19.49° Az: 336.11° Direction: North-North-West

HR5913 is a double bright giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Serpens.

HR5913 visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its faintness, HR5913 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 HR5913. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5913 during the next 10000 years (4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 54m 42s

Declination +16° 00’ 11”

Hour Angle 10h 26m 23s

Sideral Time 02h 21m 06s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 53m 34s

Declination +16° 04’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 27.89°

Galactic Latitude 46.49°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5913.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.09

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude 1.36

Spectral Type F5II

Color Index (B-V)

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5913 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5913. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5913 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5913 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.09

Secondary star magnitude 12.49

Magnitude difference 6.4

Separation 3.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5913 is distant 287.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 88.34

Distance (light year) 287.99

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.027 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD142357

SAO Catalogue SAO101796

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP77835

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+16 2840

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS9828

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5913 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 74.0° RISE 9:48

Max altitude: 54.5° TRANSIT 17:10

Azimuth: 286.0° SET 0:32

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Serpens