HR5688

Below the horizon. Rise: 13:55 | Tran: 16:35 | Set: 19:15

Alt: -67.61° Az: 329.25° Direction: North-North-West

HR5688 is a double giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5688 visual magnitude is 6.18. Because of its faintness, HR5688 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.

DSS2 image of HR5688. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5688 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 20m 12s

Declination -31° 17’ 53”

Hour Angle 11h 07m 17s

Sideral Time 02h 27m 30s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 18m 41s

Declination -31° 12’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 336.46°

Galactic Latitude 21.91°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5688.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.18

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -1.25

Spectral Type G6III

Color Index (B-V) 1.23

Temperature 4251K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5688 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5688. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5688 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5688 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.18

Secondary star magnitude 14.08

Magnitude difference 7.9

Separation 21.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5688 is distant 996.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 305.81

Distance (light year) 996.94

Radial Speed -24 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.006 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD135896

SAO Catalogue SAO206509

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP74929

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3012117

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5688 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.3° RISE 13:55

Max altitude: 7.2° TRANSIT 16:35

Azimuth: 238.7° SET 19:15

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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