HR5929

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:42 | Tran: 6:13 | Set: 7:44

Alt: -53.11° Az: 84.72° Direction: East

HR5929 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5929 visual magnitude is 5.8. Because of its faintness, HR5929 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 HR5929. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5929 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 58m 59s

Declination -36° 15’ 21”

Hour Angle 15h 11m 20s

Sidereal Time 07h 10m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 57m 21s

Declination -36° 11’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 339.85°

Galactic Latitude 13.03°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.8

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -1.47

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.01

Temperature 4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5929 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5929. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5929 is distant 928.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 284.90

Distance (light year) 928.77

Radial Speed -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.018 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD142691

SAO Catalogue SAO207152

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP78142

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3510611

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5929 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.3° RISE 4:42

Max altitude: 2.3° TRANSIT 6:13

Azimuth: 233.7° SET 7:44

Set Location

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