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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:01  ☀️ Transit: 12:06  🌅 Sunset: 18:11

HR5702

HR5702 is a star in the constellation of Corona Borealis.

HR5702 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5702 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5702:

6.32
HR5702 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change].

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5702

HR5702 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5702 are provided in the following table:

15h 19m 30s
+32° 30’ 55”
51.58°
57.6°
Corona Borealis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5702 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5702 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5702.

Visibility of HR5702 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR5702 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.5°
Max altitude: 71.0°
Azimuth: 302.5°
HR5702 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5702

The image below is a photograph of HR5702 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5702 is -0.015 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.016 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR5702 star
DSS2 image of HR5702. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5702 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5702 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5702 is distant 278.16 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

85.32 pc
278.16 ly
-25 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/year
0.016 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5702

HR5702 belongs to spectral class A2

1.66
A2
7866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5702 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5702. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5702

SAO64630
SAO64630