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HR5697

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:07 | Tran: 0:35 | Set: 1:07
Alt: -28.98°   Az: 116.23°   Direction: East-South-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.

Image of HR5697 star
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

15h 23m 08s
-38° 18’ 31”
18h 00m 12s
09h 23m 21s

J2000

15h 21m 30s
-38° 13’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

332.75°
15.81°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5697.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

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6.48
Hypergiant
HR5697 is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

1.02
A0
-0.06
10941K

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

HR 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:

6.48
9.08
2.6
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.

123.46
402.47
7 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
-0.041"/y

Alternative Designations

HD136347
SAO206543
SAO206543
HIP75151
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°
Max altitude: 0.2°
Azimuth: 231.7°