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HR5540

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -48.67°   Az: 200.23°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5540 is a variable giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Apus.

HR5540 visual magnitude is 5.34. Because of its faintness, HR5540 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 HR5540 star
DSS2 image of HR5540. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5540 during the next 10000 years (-12.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 00m 52s
-76° 45’ 46”
05h 42m 47s
20h 43m 39s

J2000

14h 57m 52s
-76° 39’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

310.14°
-15.6°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5540.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.34
Giant

-0.25
K4III
3870K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5540 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5540. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5540 is distant 427.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

131.23
427.82
-31 km/s
-0.074 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO257212
SAO257212

Visibility from Your Location

HR5540 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK