HR5697

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:54 | Tran: 16:23 | Set: 16:51

Alt: -69.31° Az: 59.39° Direction: East-North-East

HR5697 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5697 visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its faintness, HR5697 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 HR5697. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5697 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 23m 06s

Declination -38° 18’ 23”

Hour Angle 13h 31m 11s

Sideral Time 04h 54m 18s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 21m 30s

Declination -38° 13’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 332.75°

Galactic Latitude 15.81°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5697.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.48

Class Hypergiant

HR5697 is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 1.02

Spectral Type A0

Color Index (B-V) -0.06

Temperature 10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5697 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5697. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5697 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5697 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.48

Secondary star magnitude 9.08

Magnitude difference 2.6

Separation 5.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5697 is distant 402.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 123.46

Distance (light year) 402.47

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.041"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD136347

SAO Catalogue SAO206543

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP75151

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3710171

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5697 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.3° RISE 15:54

Max altitude: 0.2° TRANSIT 16:23

Azimuth: 231.7° SET 16:51

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

Location

Other stars in Lupus