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HR5767

Altitude: -5.7°   Azimuth: 155.9°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5767 is a giant star in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5767 visual magnitude is 5.82. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5767 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 HR5767:

5.82
Giant

HR5767 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -5.7°
Azimuth: 155.9°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5767

HR5767 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5767 are provided in the following table:

15h 34m 01s
-40° 03’ 57”
333.69°
12.9°
Lupus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5767 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5767 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5767.

Visibility of HR5767 from your location

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

HR5767 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5767

The image below is a photograph of HR5767 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 HR5767 is -0.055 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.025 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR5767 star
DSS2 image of HR5767. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5767 during the next 10000 years (-9.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5767 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5767 is distant 1,654.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

507.61 pc
1,654.82 ly
-40 km/s
-0.055 arcsec/year
-0.025 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5767

HR5767 belongs to spectral class M2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-2.71
M2III
3541K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5767 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5767. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5767

SAO206763
SAO206763