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HR5766

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -75.64°   Az: 186.57°   Direction: South

HR5766 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Triangulum Australe.

HR5766 visual magnitude is 6.51. Because of its faintness, HR5766 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR5766 star
DSS2 image of HR5766. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5766 during the next 1000 years (-1.53 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.05 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 38m 34s
-65° 41’ 41”
11h 44m 11s
03h 22m 46s

J2000

15h 36m 17s
-65° 36’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

318.88°
-7.98°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5766.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.51
Sub-giant

1.99
F3IV
7158K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5766 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5766. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5766 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5766 double sysyem:

6.51
13.51
7
5.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5766 is distant 261.01 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

80.06
261.01
-8 km/s
-0.092 arcsec/y
-0.063"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO253222
SAO253222

Visibility from Your Location

HR5766 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK