HR5585

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:25 | Tran: 16:02 | Set: 16:39

Alt: -53.95° Az: 87.68° Direction: East

HR5585 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5585 visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its faintness, HR5585 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.

DSS2 image of HR5585. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5585 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 02m 47s

Declination -38° 09’ 17”

Hour Angle 15h 13m 34s

Sideral Time 06h 16m 21s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 01m 13s

Declination -38° 03’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 329.31°

Galactic Latitude 18.08°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5585.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.89

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.52

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.24

Temperature 4232K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5585 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5585. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5585 is distant 386.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 118.62

Distance (light year) 386.71

Radial Speed 41 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD132604

SAO Catalogue SAO206208

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP73493

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 9863

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5585 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.2° RISE 15:25

Max altitude: 0.4° TRANSIT 16:02

Azimuth: 231.8° SET 16:39

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Centaurus