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HR5758

Altitude: 36.6°   Azimuth: 230.7°   Direction: South-West

HR5758 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Serpens.

HR5758 visual magnitude is 6.57. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5758 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 HR5758:

6.57
Main-sequence

HR5758 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 36.6°
Azimuth: 230.7°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5758

HR5758 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5758 are provided in the following table:

15h 30m 55s
+08° 34’ 45”
14.34°
48.02°
Serpens

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5758 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5758 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5758.

Visibility of HR5758 from your location

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

Today's HR5758 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.4°
Max altitude: 47.1°
Azimuth: 278.6°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5758

The image below is a photograph of HR5758 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 HR5758 is 0.034 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR5758 star
DSS2 image of HR5758. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5758 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5758 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5758 is distant 165.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

50.68 pc
165.23 ly
-1 km/s
0.034 arcsec/year
-0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5758

HR5758 belongs to spectral class F4 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

3.05
F4V
7044K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5758 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5758. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5758

SAO121038
SAO121038