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TimezoneEurope/London
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All Constellations » Triangulum Australe » 

HR5851

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -47.42°   Az: 142.43°   Direction: South-East

HR5851 is a double giant star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Triangulum Australe.

HR5851 visual magnitude is 6.18. Because of its faintness, HR5851 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 HR5851 star
DSS2 image of HR5851. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5851 during the next 10000 years (-0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 50m 14s
-65° 31’ 07”
17h 38m 22s
09h 28m 36s

J2000

15h 47m 53s
-65° 26’ 32”

Galactic Coordinates

319.94°
-8.58°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5851.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.18
Giant

0.70
A5III
8011K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5851 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5851. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5851 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5851 double sysyem:

6.18
6.28
0.1
1.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5851 is distant 405.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

124.53
405.98
-30 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO253297
SAO253297

Visibility from Your Location

HR5851 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK