HR9027

Below the horizon. Rise: 1:44 | Tran: 6:52 | Set: 12:00

Alt: -8.87° Az: 265.33° Direction: South-West

HR9027 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Aquarius.

HR9027 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, HR9027 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 HR9027. The red arrow shows the motion of HR9027 during the next 1000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.27 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 23h 51m 33s

Declination -09° 49’ 56”

Hour Angle 06h 07m 41s

Sidereal Time 05h 59m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 23h 50m 14s

Declination -09° 58’ 27”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 79.96°

Galactic Latitude -67.59°

Finder Chart

Loading map...

Finder chart for HR9027.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.94

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.07

Spectral Type K0IV

Color Index (B-V) 1.13

Temperature 4451K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR9027 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR9027. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR9027 is distant 306.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 94.07

Distance (light year) 306.68

Radial Speed -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.14 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.076"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD223524

SAO Catalogue SAO165911

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP117541

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-10 6177

FK5 Catalogue 897

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR9027 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.8° RISE 1:44

Max altitude: 28.7° TRANSIT 6:52

Azimuth: 260.2° SET 12:00

	
		OSZAR »

Set Location

Other stars in Aquarius