HR5579

HR5579 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5579 visual magnitude is 6.47. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5579 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5579:

Color of HR5579 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5579 6.47

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR5579 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5579

HR5579 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5579 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 14h 59m 13s

Declination J2000 -37° 52’ 53”

Galactic Longitude 329.05°

Galactic Latitude 18.43°

Constellation Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5579 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5579.

Visibility of HR5579 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR5579 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.9° RISE 22:45

Max altitude: 0.6° TRANSIT 23:34

Azimuth: 232.1° SET 0:23

RIGHT NOW HR5579 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5579

The image below is a photograph of HR5579 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5579 is -0.017 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.02 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR5579. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5579 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5579 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5579 is distant 625.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 191.94 pc

Distance (light year) 625.72 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.017 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.02 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5579

HR5579 belongs to spectral class B8 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.05

Spectral Type B8V

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature of HR5579 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5579 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5579. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5579

Henry Draper Catalogue HD132238

SAO Catalogue SAO206167

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP73341

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 9836

FK5 Catalogue 3180

In Evidence

Other stars in Centaurus