HR9040

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:32 | Tran: 23:45 | Set: 5:02

Alt: -13.31° Az: 272.47° Direction: West

HR9040 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR9040 visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, HR9040 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 HR9040. The red arrow shows the motion of HR9040 during the next 10000 years (10.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 54m 06s

Declination -08° 51’ 31”

Hour Angle 06h 41m 06s

Sideral Time 06h 35m 13s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 52m 50s

Declination -08° 59’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 82.82°

Galactic Latitude -67.19°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR9040.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.75

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.62

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.17

Temperature 4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR9040 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR9040. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR9040 is distant 611.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 187.62

Distance (light year) 611.63

Radial Speed -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.064 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD223807

SAO Catalogue SAO146953

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP117756

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-09 6277

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR9040 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.9° RISE 18:32

Max altitude: 29.7° TRANSIT 23:45

Azimuth: 261.1° SET 5:02

Set Location

Other stars in Aquarius