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HR5641

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:21 | Tran: 5:45 | Set: 9:09
Alt: 4.33°   Az: 144.27°   Direction: South-East

HR5641 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Libra.

HR5641 visual magnitude is 5.76. Because of its faintness, HR5641 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 HR5641 star
DSS2 image of HR5641. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5641 during the next 10000 years (-5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 11m 48s
-26° 25’ 36”
21h 17m 46s
12h 29m 34s

J2000

15h 10m 18s
-26° 19’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

337.87°
26.96°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5641.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.76
Hypergiant

0.06
K0III
4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5641 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5641. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5641 is distant 449.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

137.93
449.66
-33 km/s
-0.032 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO183237
SAO183237

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5641 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.4°
Max altitude: 12.1°
Azimuth: 243.6°