HR5801

Above the horizon. Rise: 21:06 | Tran: 0:31 | Set: 4:00

Alt: 6.51° Az: 149.44° Direction: South-South-East

HR5801 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Libra.

HR5801 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR5801 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.

DSS2 image of HR5801. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5801 during the next 10000 years (-1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 39m 00s

Declination -26° 21’ 43”

Hour Angle 21h 42m 42s

Sidereal Time 13h 21m 43s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 37m 28s

Declination -26° 16’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 343.25°

Galactic Latitude 23.31°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5801.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.19

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude -0.14

Spectral Type B7IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5801 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5801. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5801 is distant 600.37 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 184.16

Distance (light year) 600.37

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.01 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD139160

SAO Catalogue SAO183631

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP76503

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2511000

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5801 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.4° RISE 21:06

Max altitude: 12.2° TRANSIT 0:31

Azimuth: 243.6° SET 4:00

Set Location

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