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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR5397

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:46 | Tran: 22:56 | Set: 3:09
Alt: -36.88°   Az: 75.32°   Direction: East-North-East

HR5397 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Libra.

HR5397 visual magnitude is 6.61. Because of its faintness, HR5397 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR5397 star
DSS2 image of HR5397. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5397 during the next 10000 years (-6.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 26m 55s
-20° 05’ 00”
15h 41m 53s
06h 08m 48s

J2000

14h 25m 29s
-19° 58’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

331.22°
37.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5397.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.61
Main-sequence

0.84
A2V
8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5397 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5397. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5397 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5397 double sysyem:

6.61
7.01
0.4
35.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5397 is distant 465.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

142.65
465.05
-2 km/s
-0.039 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO158558
SAO158558

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5397 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.1°
Max altitude: 18.4°
Azimuth: 249.9°