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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:31 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 19:19
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HR5444

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -69.21°   Az: 87.96°   Direction: East

HR5444 is a variable and double giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5444 visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its faintness, HR5444 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 HR5444 star
DSS2 image of HR5444. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5444 during the next 10000 years (-6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 37m 56s
-46° 21’ 06”
14h 03m 41s
04h 41m 37s

J2000

14h 36m 19s
-46° 14’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

321.2°
12.87°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5444 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5444.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.55
Giant

-0.90
K3III
3824K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5444 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5444. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5444 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5444 double sysyem:

5.55
12.65
7.1
40 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5444 is distant 636.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 60 kilometers per second.

195.31
636.72
-60 km/s
-0.038 arcsec/y
0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO225054
SAO225054

Visibility from Your Location

HR5444 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK