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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR5856

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:49 | Tran: 1:04 | Set: 4:14
Alt: -37.91°   Az: 88.94°   Direction: East

HR5856 is a multiple sub-giant star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Libra.

HR5856 visual magnitude is 6.51. Because of its faintness, HR5856 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR5856 star
DSS2 image of HR5856. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5856 during the next 10000 years (-11.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 47m 45s
-28° 08’ 20”
16h 13m 49s
08h 01m 35s

J2000

15h 46m 12s
-28° 03’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

343.6°
20.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5856.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.51
Sub-giant

2.35
F2IV
7337K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5856 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5856. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5856 is distant 221.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

68.07
221.92
-21 km/s
-0.067 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO183772
SAO183772

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5856 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 118.1°
Max altitude: 10.4°
Azimuth: 241.9°