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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:31 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 19:19
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HR5631

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:15 | Tran: 16:40 | Set: 23:05
Alt: -30.15°   Az: 25.25°   Direction: North-North-East

HR5631 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5631 visual magnitude is 6.16. Because of its faintness, HR5631 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 HR5631 star
DSS2 image of HR5631. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5631 during the next 10000 years (-0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 08m 53s
+05° 24’ 15”
13h 26m 58s
04h 35m 52s

J2000

15h 07m 40s
+05° 29’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

5.39°
51.04°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5631 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5631.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.16
Hypergiant

0.09
K0III
4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5631 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5631. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5631 is distant 533.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

163.67
533.55
3 km/s
-0.003 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO120852
SAO120852

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5631 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.6°
Max altitude: 43.9°
Azimuth: 275.4°