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HR5668

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -13.36°   Az: 147.06°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5668 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5668 visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its faintness, HR5668 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 HR5668 star
DSS2 image of HR5668. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5668 during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 17m 52s
-43° 34’ 36”
20h 52m 23s
12h 10m 15s

J2000

15h 16m 10s
-43° 29’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

328.9°
11.97°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5668.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.04
Sub-giant

-1.15
B3IV
12293K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5668 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5668. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5668 is distant 893.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

273.97
893.15
-21 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO225602
SAO225602

Visibility from Your Location

HR5668 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK