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HR5509

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -19.36°   Az: 222.82°   Direction: South-West

HR5509 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5509 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR5509 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 HR5509 star
DSS2 image of HR5509. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5509 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 49m 11s
-43° 39’ 44”
04h 09m 40s
18h 58m 52s

J2000

14h 47m 32s
-43° 33’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

324.22°
14.46°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5509.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Giant

-0.06
G8III
4559K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5509 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5509. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5509 is distant 609.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

186.92
609.35
-23 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
-0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO225183
SAO225183

Visibility from Your Location

HR5509 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK