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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:52 
Transit: 12:58 
Sunset: 20:05
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HR5720

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:29 | Tran: 2:27 | Set: 7:21
Alt: -25.83°   Az: 77.09°   Direction: East-North-East

HR5720 is a giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Libra.

HR5720 visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, HR5720 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 HR5720 star
DSS2 image of HR5720. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5720 during the next 10000 years (-6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 25m 15s
-12° 27’ 28”
16h 15m 50s
07h 41m 06s

J2000

15h 23m 52s
-12° 22’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

351.02°
35.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5720.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.72
Giant

-0.61
G6
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5720 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5720. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5720 is distant 602.59 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

184.84
602.59
-26 km/s
-0.038 arcsec/y
-0.039"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO159227
SAO159227

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5720 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 102.5°
Max altitude: 26.1°
Azimuth: 257.5°