HR5637

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:50 | Tran: 20:27 | Set: 21:05

Alt: -62.16° Az: 147.71° Direction: South-South-East

HR5637 is a double supergiant star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5637 visual magnitude is 5.54. Because of its faintness, HR5637 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.

DSS2 image of HR5637. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5637 during the next 100000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 13m 11s

Declination -55° 26’ 27”

Hour Angle 13h 44m 20s

Sidereal Time 04h 57m 31s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 11m 16s

Declination -55° 20’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 321.96°

Galactic Latitude 2.27°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.54

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -3.43

Spectral Type G2I

Color Index (B-V) 1.14

Temperature 4430K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5637 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5637. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5637 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 HR5637 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.54

Secondary star magnitude 12.24

Magnitude difference 6.7

Separation 11.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5637 is distant 2,024.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 621.12

Distance (light year) 2,024.84

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.002 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD134270

SAO Catalogue SAO242287

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP74305

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-54 6367

FK5 Catalogue 3198

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5637 rise, transit and set times from Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Tokyo):

Azimuth: 145.4° RISE 19:50

Max altitude: 0.4° TRANSIT 20:27

Azimuth: 214.6° SET 21:05

Name:	Narutochō-mitsuishi, Japan
Latitude:	34° 11' 57.5" N
Longitude:	134° 36' 32.4" E
Timezone:	Asia/Tokyo

Set Location

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