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public  Ugba, Nigeria Ugba, Nigeria  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Lagos
Sunrise: 6:11 
Transit: 12:26 
Sunset: 18:42
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HR5587

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:04 | Tran: 20:41 | Set: 2:23
Alt: -51.66°   Az: 138.89°   Direction: South-East

HR5587 is a sub-giant star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5587 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR5587 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 HR5587 star
DSS2 image of HR5587. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5587 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 03m 33s
-34° 27’ 29”
13h 58m 35s
05h 02m 08s

J2000

15h 01m 58s
-34° 21’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

331.45°
21.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5587.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22
Sub-giant

0.82
A8IV
7866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5587 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5587. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5587 is distant 392.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

120.48
392.77
-3 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/y
-0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO206223
SAO206223

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5587 rise, transit and set times from Ugba, Nigeria are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Lagos):

Azimuth: 124.5°
Max altitude: 48.0°
Azimuth: 235.5°