HR5935

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:21 | Tran: 1:24 | Set: 2:23

Alt: -74.30° Az: 328.33° Direction: North-North-West

HR5935 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5935 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR5935 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 HR5935. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5935 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 00m 11s

Declination -37° 34’ 26”

Hour Angle 11h 18m 41s

Sidereal Time 03h 18m 53s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 58m 30s

Declination -37° 30’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 339.14°

Galactic Latitude 11.89°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.31

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.06

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.01

Temperature 4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5935 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5935. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5935 is distant 611.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 187.62

Distance (light year) 611.63

Radial Speed -14 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.025 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD142889

SAO Catalogue SAO207178

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP78236

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3710620

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5935 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.6° RISE 0:21

Max altitude: 0.9° TRANSIT 1:24

Azimuth: 232.4° SET 2:23

Set Location

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