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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:25 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
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HR5653

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:23 | Tran: 5:56 | Set: 7:28
Alt: -2.33°   Az: 206.14°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5653 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5653 visual magnitude is 6.1. Because of its faintness, HR5653 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 HR5653 star
DSS2 image of HR5653. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5653 during the next 10000 years (-7.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 14m 42s
-36° 11’ 02”
02h 12m 11s
17h 26m 54s

J2000

15h 13m 07s
-36° 05’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

332.53°
18.51°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5653.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.1
Main-sequence

0.87
B8V
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5653 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5653. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5653 is distant 362.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

111.11
362.22
-3 km/s
-0.043 arcsec/y
-0.021"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO206418
SAO206418

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5653 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.2°
Max altitude: 2.3°
Azimuth: 233.8°