HR5584

Altitude: 42.9° Azimuth: 187.4° Direction: South

HR5584 is a giant star in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5584 visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5584 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 HR5584:

Color of HR5584 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5584 5.93

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR5584 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 42.9°
Azimuth: 187.4°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5584

HR5584 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5584 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 14h 59m 23s

Declination J2000 +04° 34’ 04”

Galactic Longitude 2.14°

Galactic Latitude 52.07°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5584 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5584.

Visibility of HR5584 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 HR5584 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: 85.4° RISE 16:26

Max altitude: 43.1° TRANSIT 22:47

Azimuth: 274.6° SET 5:12

RIGHT NOW HR5584 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5584

The image below is a photograph of HR5584 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 HR5584 is 0.005 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR5584. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5584 during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5584 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5584 is distant 724.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 222.22 pc

Distance (light year) 724.44 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.005 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5584

HR5584 belongs to spectral class M2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.80

Spectral Type M2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.6

Temperature of HR5584 3649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5584 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5584. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5584

Henry Draper Catalogue HD132525

SAO Catalogue SAO120774

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP73350

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+05 2954

In Evidence

Other stars in Virgo