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HR5498

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -13.79°   Az: 180.46°   Direction: South

HR5498 is a double giant star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5498 visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its faintness, HR5498 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 HR5498 star
DSS2 image of HR5498. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5498 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 48m 59s
-52° 18’ 38”
00h 02m 56s
14h 51m 55s

J2000

14h 47m 12s
-52° 12’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

320.31°
6.72°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5498.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.07
Giant

-3.28
A1III
9125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5498 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5498. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5498 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 HR5498 double sysyem:

6.07
11.37
5.3
39.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5498 is distant 2,414.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

740.74
2,414.81
-34 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO241995
SAO241995

Visibility from Your Location

HR5498 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK