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HR5949

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 30.02°   Az: 329.42°   Direction: North-North-West

HR5949 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Draco.

HR5949 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR5949 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.

Image of HR5949 star
DSS2 image of HR5949. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5949 during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 56m 19s
+58° 50’ 20”
08h 06m 39s
00h 02m 58s

J2000

15h 55m 49s
+58° 54’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

91.08°
45.17°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5949.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Hypergiant

0.54
A0V
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5949 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5949. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5949 is distant 465.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

142.65
465.05
-8 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/y
0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO29723
SAO29723

Visibility from Your Location

HR5949 is circumpolar and transits at 00:20 UTC (altitude: 82.6°)