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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR5661

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -29.11°   Az: 155.20°   Direction: South

HR5661 is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class B0 in the constellation of Circinus.

HR5661 visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its faintness, HR5661 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 HR5661 star
DSS2 image of HR5661. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5661 during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 18m 41s
-60° 59’ 46”
20h 43m 36s
12h 02m 17s

J2000

15h 16m 36s
-60° 54’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

319.68°
-2.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5661.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.73
Hypergiant

-3.12
B0V
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5661 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5661. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5661 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5661 double sysyem:

5.73
8.63
2.9
1.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5661 is distant 1,917.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

588.24
1,917.65
6 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO253082
SAO253082

Visibility from Your Location

HR5661 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK