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public  Cuiping, China Cuiping, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:40 
Transit: 12:35 
Sunset: 19:31
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HR5990

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:10 | Tran: 21:55 | Set: 3:40
Alt: 19.95°   Az: 109.00°   Direction: East-South-East

HR5990 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Ophiuchus.

HR5990 visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its faintness, HR5990 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 HR5990 star
DSS2 image of HR5990. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5990 during the next 10000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 07m 21s
-06° 12’ 24”
19h 46m 27s
11h 53m 48s

J2000

16h 05m 59s
-06° 08’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

5.05°
32.41°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5990.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.41
Hypergiant

1.27
K0
4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5990 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5990. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5990 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5990 double sysyem:

6.41
12.21
5.8
9.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5990 is distant 347.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

106.50
347.18
-32 km/s
-0.03 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO140947
SAO140947

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5990 rise, transit and set times from Cuiping, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 96.2°
Max altitude: 55.6°
Azimuth: 263.8°