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HR5598

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -35.68°   Az: 167.94°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5598 is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Apus.

HR5598 visual magnitude is 6.52. Because of its faintness, HR5598 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR5598 star
DSS2 image of HR5598. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5598 during the next 10000 years (3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 09m 41s
-72° 00’ 01”
21h 46m 45s
12h 56m 26s

J2000

15h 07m 08s
-71° 54’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

313.13°
-11.77°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5598.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.52
Giant

-2.30
K4III
3663K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5598 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5598. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5598 is distant 1,895.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

581.40
1,895.35
9 km/s
0.023 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO257238
SAO257238

Visibility from Your Location

HR5598 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK