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HR5401

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -10.01°   Az: 197.05°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5401 is a double star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5401 visual magnitude is 5.83. Because of its faintness, HR5401 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 HR5401 star
DSS2 image of HR5401. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5401 during the next 1000 years (-2.55 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.37 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 28m 50s
-46° 14’ 45”
01h 38m 41s
16h 07m 31s

J2000

14h 27m 12s
-46° 08’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

319.75°
13.59°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5401.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.83

2.00
A1
7399K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5401 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5401. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5401 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5401 double sysyem:

5.83
11.43
5.6
30 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5401 is distant 189.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

58.28
189.98
-26 km/s
-0.153 arcsec/y
-0.082"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO224929
SAO224929

Visibility from Your Location

HR5401 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK