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HR587

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:50 | Tran: 16:06 | Set: 21:21
Alt: -6.13°   Az: 264.20°   Direction: West

HR587 is a variable and double giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR587 visual magnitude is 5.51. Because of its faintness, HR587 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 HR587 star
DSS2 image of HR587. The red arrow shows the motion of HR587 during the next 1000 years (1.60 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

02h 01m 41s
-08° 24’ 09”
05h 57m 13s
07h 58m 54s

J2000

02h 00m 26s
-08° 31’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

167.4°
-65.25°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR587.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.51
Giant

-0.79
M3III
3764K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR587 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR587. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR587 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 HR587 double sysyem:

5.51
9.61
4.1
62.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR587 is distant 592.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

181.82
592.73
6 km/s
0.096 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO129624
SAO129624

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR587 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.4°
Max altitude: 30.1°
Azimuth: 261.6°