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Sunset: 20:55
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HR5809

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:23 | Tran: 0:32 | Set: 3:45
Alt: 5.02°   Az: 209.04°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5809 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Libra.

HR5809 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR5809 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 HR5809 star
DSS2 image of HR5809. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5809 during the next 10000 years (0.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 39m 48s
-28° 17’ 17”
02h 13m 14s
17h 53m 02s

J2000

15h 38m 15s
-28° 12’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

342.06°
21.72°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5809.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.32
Giant

0.14
K1III
4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5809 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5809. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5809 is distant 562.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

172.41
562.07
29 km/s
0.003 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO183641
SAO183641

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5809 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.3°
Max altitude: 10.2°
Azimuth: 241.7°