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public LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:55 
Sunset: 20:52
wb_twilight   (Civil Twilight)   What's Visible Now?

HR5822

Altitude: -6.9°   Azimuth: 226.6°   Direction: South-West

HR5822 is a giant star in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5822 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5822 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR5822 is -0.061 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.02 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR5822 star
DSS2 image of HR5822. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5822 during the next 10000 years (-10.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR5822

6.34
Giant

HR5822 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: -6.9°
Azimuth: 226.6°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5822

HR5822 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 HR5822 are provided in the following table:

15h 40m 15s
-31° 12’ 48”
340.38°
19.12°
Lupus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5822 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5822 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5822.

Visibility of HR5822 from your location

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

Today's HR5822 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.2°
Max altitude: 7.3°
Azimuth: 238.8°

Distance of HR5822 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5822 is distant 635.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

194.93 pc
635.48 ly
-22 km/s
-0.061 arcsec/year
-0.02 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5822

HR5822 belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-0.11
K2III
3902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5822 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5822. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5822

SAO206858
SAO206858