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HR5620

Above the horizon.  Rise: 1:22 | Tran: 5:18 | Set: 9:13
Alt: 11.74°   Az: 151.49°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5620 is a variable giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Libra.

HR5620 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, HR5620 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 HR5620 star
DSS2 image of HR5620. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5620 during the next 10000 years (10.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 07m 54s
-22° 07’ 39”
21h 58m 48s
13h 06m 42s

J2000

15h 06m 27s
-22° 01’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

339.86°
30.99°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5620.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.17
Giant

2.28
K1
4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5620 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5620. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5620 is distant 195.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

59.92
195.33
5 km/s
0.063 arcsec/y
-0.058"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO183176
SAO183176

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5620 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.1°
Max altitude: 16.4°
Azimuth: 247.9°