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HR5658

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:38 | Tran: 0:04 | Set: 3:33
Alt: 10.79°   Az: 164.41°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5658 is a double giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Libra.

HR5658 visual magnitude is 5.84. Because of its faintness, HR5658 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 HR5658 star
DSS2 image of HR5658. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5658 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 15m 23s
-26° 17’ 13”
22h 51m 29s
14h 06m 53s

J2000

15h 13m 53s
-26° 11’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

338.69°
26.61°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5658.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.84
Giant

-1.41
G5
4430K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5658 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5658. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5658 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5658 double sysyem:

5.84
10.34
4.5
1.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5658 is distant 918.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

281.69
918.31
-28 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO183285
SAO183285

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5658 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.3°
Max altitude: 12.2°
Azimuth: 243.7°