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TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 7:35 
Transit: 15:00 
Sunset: 22:25
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HR9040

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:32 | Tran: 8:05 | Set: 13:33
Alt: 4.36°   Az: 254.76°   Direction: West-South-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.

Image of HR9040 star
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

23h 54m 09s
-08° 51’ 17”
05h 07m 16s
05h 01m 25s

J2000

23h 52m 50s
-08° 59’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

82.82°
-67.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR9040.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Hypergiant

-0.62
K0III
4368K

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

HR 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.

187.62
611.63
-18 km/s
0.064 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO146953
SAO146953

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR9040 rise, transit and set times from Kashi, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 98.9°
Max altitude: 41.7°
Azimuth: 261.1°