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HR5860

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:33 | Tran: 6:29 | Set: 8:26
Alt: -28.61°   Az: 249.05°   Direction: West-South-West

HR5860 is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5860 visual magnitude is 5.61. Because of its faintness, HR5860 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 HR5860 star
DSS2 image of HR5860. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5860 during the next 10000 years (-3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 48m 20s
-34° 45’ 31”
06h 14m 42s
22h 03m 03s

J2000

15h 46m 44s
-34° 40’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

339.17°
15.58°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5860.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.61
Main-sequence

0.23
B7V
11744K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5860 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5860. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5860 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5860 double sysyem:

5.61
5.91
0.3
0.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5860 is distant 388.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

119.05
388.10
5 km/s
-0.021 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO206962
SAO206962

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5860 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.8°
Max altitude: 3.8°
Azimuth: 235.2°