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HR5595

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:36 | Tran: 16:00 | Set: 18:24
Alt: -67.53°   Az: 40.07°   Direction: North-East

HR5595 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5595 visual magnitude is 5.44. Because of its faintness, HR5595 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 HR5595 star
DSS2 image of HR5595. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5595 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 04m 30s
-32° 44’ 20”
13h 08m 02s
04h 12m 33s

J2000

15h 02m 59s
-32° 38’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

332.6°
22.54°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5595 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5595.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.44
Main-sequence

0.29
B3V
11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5595 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5595. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5595 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5595 double sysyem:

5.44
13.74
8.3
36.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5595 is distant 349.79 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

107.30
349.79
6 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO206239
SAO206239

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5595 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.7°
Max altitude: 5.8°
Azimuth: 237.3°