HR5495

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -61.48° Az: 110.84° Direction: East-South-East

HR5495 is a double giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5495 visual magnitude is 5.21. Because of its faintness, HR5495 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 HR5495. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5495 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 48m 46s

Declination -52° 29’ 10”

Hour Angle 15h 08m 30s

Sideral Time 05h 57m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 47m 01s

Declination -52° 23’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 320.2°

Galactic Latitude 6.57°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5495.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.21

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.71

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.98

Temperature 4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5495 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5495. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5495 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 HR5495 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.21

Secondary star magnitude 13.01

Magnitude difference 7.8

Separation 8.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5495 is distant 259.14 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 79.49

Distance (light year) 259.14

Radial Speed -21 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.016 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.082"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD129893

SAO Catalogue SAO241992

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP72290

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-51 8457

FK5 Catalogue 546

Visibility from Your Location

HR5495 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Lupus