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HR5779

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:05 | Tran: 12:34 | Set: 18:03
Alt: -37.48°   Az: 319.42°   Direction: North-West

HR5779 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Libra.

HR5779 visual magnitude is 6.51. Because of its faintness, HR5779 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR5779 star
DSS2 image of HR5779. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5779 during the next 1000 years (-1.58 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.18 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 35m 39s
-05° 46’ 36”
09h 54m 57s
01h 30m 37s

J2000

15h 34m 20s
-05° 41’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

359.28°
38.75°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5779 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5779.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.51
Main-sequence

4.51
F7V
6047K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5779 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5779. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5779 is distant 81.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 38 kilometers per second.

25.14
81.95
-38 km/s
-0.095 arcsec/y
0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO140613
SAO140613

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5779 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.8°
Max altitude: 32.7°
Azimuth: 264.2°