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HR5572

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -2.58°   Az: 167.60°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5572 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5572 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR5572 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 HR5572 star
DSS2 image of HR5572. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5572 during the next 10000 years (-7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 00m 13s
-40° 00’ 21”
22h 54m 57s
13h 55m 11s

J2000

14h 58m 36s
-39° 54’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

327.89°
16.72°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5572.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.15
Giant

0.90
K2III
4251K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5572 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5572. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5572 is distant 365.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

112.11
365.47
24 km/s
-0.047 arcsec/y
-0.063"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO206154
SAO206154

Visibility from Your Location

HR5572 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK