HR5973

Below the horizon. Rise: 22:00 | Tran: 1:41 | Set: 5:18

Alt: -63.31° Az: 359.95° Direction: North

HR5973 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR5973 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR5973 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 HR5973. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5973 during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 15.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 05m 26s

Declination -24° 47’ 40”

Hour Angle 11h 59m 54s

Sidereal Time 04h 05m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 03m 54s

Declination -24° 43’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 349.12°

Galactic Latitude 20.42°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.21

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.10

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.38

Temperature 3983K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5973 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5973. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5973 is distant 597.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 183.15

Distance (light year) 597.07

Radial Speed 26 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD143900

SAO Catalogue SAO184075

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP78699

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2412499

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5973 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.8° RISE 22:00

Max altitude: 13.7° TRANSIT 1:41

Azimuth: 245.2° SET 5:18

Set Location

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