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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.

Image of HR5801 star
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

15h 39m 00s
-26° 21’ 43”
21h 42m 42s
13h 21m 43s

J2000

15h 37m 28s
-26° 16’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

343.25°
23.31°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5801.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Sub-giant

-0.14
B7IV
10002K

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

HR 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.

184.16
600.37
1 km/s
-0.01 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO183631
SAO183631

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°
Max altitude: 12.2°
Azimuth: 243.6°