HR5969

Below the horizon. Rise: 13:44 | Tran: 17:12 | Set: 20:40

Alt: -39.94° Az: 82.17° Direction: East

HR5969 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR5969 visual magnitude is 5. Because of its moderate brightness, HR5969 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of HR5969. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5969 during the next 10000 years (-11.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 04m 50s

Declination -25° 55’ 54”

Hour Angle 15h 50m 30s

Sideral Time 07h 55m 21s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 03m 20s

Declination -25° 51’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 348.17°

Galactic Latitude 19.7°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5969.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.94

Spectral Type K5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.22

Temperature 4270K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5969 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5969. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5969 is distant 211.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 64.98

Distance (light year) 211.83

Radial Speed -39 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.071 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD143787

SAO Catalogue SAO184068

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP78650

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2511295

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5969 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.9° RISE 13:44

Max altitude: 12.6° TRANSIT 17:12

Azimuth: 244.1° SET 20:40

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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