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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:51
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HR5822

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:06 | Tran: 0:46 | Set: 3:30
Alt: 6.88°   Az: 187.38°   Direction: South

HR5822 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5822 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR5822 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 41m 50s
-31° 17’ 38”
00h 34m 18s
16h 16m 09s

J2000

15h 40m 15s
-31° 12’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

340.38°
19.12°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5822.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.34
Giant

-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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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
635.48
-22 km/s
-0.061 arcsec/y
-0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO206858
SAO206858

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 121.3°
Max altitude: 7.2°
Azimuth: 238.7°