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public Observing fromLocation: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
north SunriseRise: 6:46  
clear_day Transit: 12:51  
SunsetSet: 18:55 south
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HR5653

Altitude: -12.6°   Azimuth: 133.5°   Direction: South-East

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

HR5653 visual magnitude is 6.1. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5653 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5653:

6.1
Main-sequence

HR5653 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -12.6°
Azimuth: 133.5°
Direction: South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5653

HR5653 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5653 are provided in the following table:

15h 13m 07s
-36° 05’ 29”
332.53°
18.51°
Lupus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5653 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5653 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5653.

Visibility of HR5653 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 126.1°
Max altitude: 2.4°
Azimuth: 233.9°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5653

The image below is a photograph of HR5653 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5653 is -0.043 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.021 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR5653 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
362.22 ly
-3 km/s
-0.043 arcsec/year
-0.021 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5653

HR5653 belongs to spectral class B8 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

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

Alternative designations of HR5653

SAO206418
SAO206418