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public  Bozhi, China Bozhi, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:50 
Transit: 12:35 
Sunset: 19:20
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HR5696

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:40 | Tran: 21:11 | Set: 1:42
Alt: 9.46°   Az: 142.50°   Direction: South-East

HR5696 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5696 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its faintness, HR5696 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 HR5696 star
DSS2 image of HR5696. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5696 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 23m 16s
-40° 50’ 23”
20h 29m 52s
11h 53m 09s

J2000

15h 21m 35s
-40° 44’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

331.3°
13.71°

Finder Chart

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.2
Main-sequence

1.25
A1V
9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5696 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5696. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5696 is distant 318.67 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

97.75
318.67
-4 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
-0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO225695
SAO225695

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5696 rise, transit and set times from Bozhi, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 130.8°
Max altitude: 25.9°
Azimuth: 229.2°