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HR5950

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 62.82°   Az: 258.19°   Direction: West-South-West

HR5950 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Hercules.

HR5950 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR5950 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 HR5950 star
DSS2 image of HR5950. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5950 during the next 10000 years (-10.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 58m 23s
+39° 37’ 24”
02h 21m 57s
18h 20m 21s

J2000

15h 57m 29s
+39° 41’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

63.29°
49.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5950.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31
Hypergiant

0.89
K0
4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5950 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5950. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5950 is distant 396.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

121.51
396.11
-14 km/s
-0.063 arcsec/y
0.06"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO64988
SAO64988

Visibility from Your Location

HR5950 is circumpolar and transits at 23:43 UTC (altitude: 78.1°)