HR5927

Above the horizon. Rise: 10:36 | Tran: 15:19 | Set: 20:01

Alt: 20.27° Az: 206.91° Direction: South-South-West

HR5927 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Libra.

HR5927 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR5927 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 HR5927. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5927 during the next 10000 years (5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 57m 37s

Declination -14° 28’ 12”

Hour Angle 01h 44m 00s

Sidereal Time 17h 41m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 56m 14s

Declination -14° 23’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 355.92°

Galactic Latitude 28.9°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5927.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.37

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 2.34

Spectral Type F7V

Color Index (B-V) 0.48

Temperature 6481K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5927 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5927. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5927 is distant 208.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 63.94

Distance (light year) 208.44

Radial Speed -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.031 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.073"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD142640

SAO Catalogue SAO159584

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP78059

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-13 4290

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5927 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.5° RISE 10:36

Max altitude: 24.0° TRANSIT 15:19

Azimuth: 255.5° SET 20:01

Set Location

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