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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR5573

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:02 | Tran: 23:59 | Set: 6:00
Alt: -38.06°   Az: 13.10°   Direction: North-North-East

HR5573 is a double giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5573 visual magnitude is 5.53. Because of its faintness, HR5573 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 HR5573 star
DSS2 image of HR5573. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5573 during the next 10000 years (10.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 58m 51s
-00° 16’ 05”
12h 41m 07s
03h 39m 59s

J2000

14h 57m 33s
-00° 10’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

356.13°
49.22°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5573.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.53
Giant

0.75
K1III
4451K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5573 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5573. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5573 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5573 double sysyem:

5.53
8.43
2.9
86.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5573 is distant 294.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

90.42
294.76
20 km/s
0.062 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO120758
SAO120758
NN 3881 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5573 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.3°
Max altitude: 38.3°
Azimuth: 269.7°