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HR5380

Altitude: -19.3°   Azimuth: 202.9°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5380 is a giant star in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5380 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5380 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5380:

6
Giant

HR5380 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -19.3°
Azimuth: 202.9°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5380

HR5380 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5380 are provided in the following table:

14h 23m 48s
-53° 10’ 36”
316.64°
7.22°
Lupus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5380 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5380 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5380.

Visibility of HR5380 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR5380 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5380

The image below is a photograph of HR5380 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5380 is -0.071 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.024 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR5380 star
DSS2 image of HR5380. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5380 during the next 10000 years (-11.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5380 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5380 is distant 348.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

106.84 pc
348.29 ly
7 km/s
-0.071 arcsec/year
-0.024 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5380

HR5380 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

0.86
K1III
4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5380 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5380. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5380

SAO241691
SAO241691