HR5864

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:58 | Tran: 10:42 | Set: 11:26

Alt: -11.80° Az: 221.65° Direction: South-West

HR5864 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5864 visual magnitude is 6.01. Because of its faintness, HR5864 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.

DSS2 image of HR5864. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5864 during the next 1000 years (-7.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.62 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 49m 07s

Declination -37° 59’ 30”

Hour Angle 03h 42m 31s

Sidereal Time 19h 31m 38s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 47m 29s

Declination -37° 54’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 337.17°

Galactic Latitude 12.99°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5864.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.01

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 5.09

Spectral Type G6V

Color Index (B-V) 0.72

Temperature 5534K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5864 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5864. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5864 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 HR5864 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.01

Secondary star magnitude 12.61

Magnitude difference 6.6

Separation 14.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5864 is distant 49.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 15.24

Distance (light year) 49.70

Radial Speed -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.43 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.217"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD140901

SAO Catalogue SAO206976

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP77358

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3710500

Gliese Catalogue Gl 599 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5864 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.0° RISE 9:58

Max altitude: 0.5° TRANSIT 10:42

Azimuth: 232.0° SET 11:26

Set Location

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