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public LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:55 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR5619

Altitude: -66.0°   Azimuth: 37.5°   Direction: North-East

HR5619 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5619 visual magnitude is 5.96. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5619 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR5619 is -0.016 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.038 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR5619 star
DSS2 image of HR5619. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5619 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.33 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR5619

5.96
Hypergiant

HR5619 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: -66.0°
Azimuth: 37.5°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5619

HR5619 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5619 are provided in the following table:

15h 06m 33s
-30° 55’ 08”
334.3°
23.6°
Lupus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5619 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5619 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5619.

Visibility of HR5619 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR5619 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.9°
Max altitude: 7.6°
Azimuth: 239.1°

Distance of HR5619 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5619 is distant 312.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

95.79 pc
312.26 ly
2 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/year
-0.038 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5619

HR5619 belongs to spectral class A0 HR5619 is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

1.05
A0
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5619 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5619. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5619

SAO206300
SAO206300