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HR5696

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -15.52°   Az: 222.19°   Direction: South-West

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 13s
-40° 50’ 13”
03h 55m 10s
19h 18m 24s

J2000

15h 21m 35s
-40° 44’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

331.3°
13.71°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5696 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5696.

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

HR5696 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK