HR5988

Altitude: -10.3° Azimuth: 244.8° Direction: West-South-West

HR5988 is a variable star in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR5988 visual magnitude is 5.92. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5988 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5988:

Color of HR5988 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5988 5.92

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR5988 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -10.3°
Azimuth: 244.8°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5988

HR5988 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5988 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 16h 06m 06s

Declination J2000 -23° 36’ 23”

Galactic Longitude 350.35°

Galactic Latitude 20.85°

Constellation Scorpius

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5988 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5988.

Visibility of HR5988 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR5988 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.6° RISE 7:52

Max altitude: 14.9° TRANSIT 11:37

Azimuth: 246.4° SET 15:23

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5988

The image below is a photograph of HR5988 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5988 is -0.013 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.028 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR5988. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5988 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5988 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5988 is distant 486.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 149.25 pc

Distance (light year) 486.57 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.028 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5988

HR5988 belongs to spectral class B8

Absolute magnitude 0.05

Spectral Type B8

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature of HR5988 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5988 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5988. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5988

Henry Draper Catalogue HD144334

SAO Catalogue SAO184113

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP78877

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2312700

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V929 Sco

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