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HR5846

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -5.84°   Az: 198.32°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5846 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5846 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, HR5846 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 HR5846 star
DSS2 image of HR5846. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5846 during the next 10000 years (-4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 46m 04s
-41° 53’ 49”
01h 39m 20s
17h 25m 25s

J2000

15h 44m 22s
-41° 49’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

334.19°
10.32°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5846.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.94
Hypergiant

0.19
A0V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5846 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5846. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5846 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5846 double sysyem:

5.94
7.64
1.7
3.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5846 is distant 461.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

141.44
461.10
19 km/s
-0.028 arcsec/y
-0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO226132
SAO226132

Visibility from Your Location

HR5846 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK