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HR9055

Altitude: -3.6°   Azimuth: 314.3°   Direction: North-West

HR9055 is a giant star in the constellation of Pegasus.

HR9055 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its reltive faintness, HR9055 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR9055 is -0.022 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.005 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR9055 star
DSS2 image of HR9055. The red arrow shows the motion of HR9055 during the next 10000 years (-3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR9055

6.15
Giant

HR9055 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -3.6°
Azimuth: 314.3°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR9055

HR9055 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 HR9055 are provided in the following table:

23h 56m 41s
+22° 38’ 53”
106.73°
-38.5°
Pegasus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR9055 in the sky:

Finder chart HR9055 star
Simplified finder chart for HR9055.

Visibility of HR9055 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 HR9055 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: 67.4°
Max altitude: 61.2°
Azimuth: 292.6°

Distance of HR9055 from the Sun and relative movement

HR9055 is distant 602.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

184.84 pc
602.59 ly
1 km/s
-0.022 arcsec/year
-0.005 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR9055

HR9055 belongs to spectral class M2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.18
M2III
3649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR9055 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR9055. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR9055

SAO91595
SAO91595