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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR5873

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -76.66°   Az: 245.68°   Direction: West-South-West

HR5873 is a multiple bright giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Norma.

HR5873 visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its faintness, HR5873 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 HR5873 star
DSS2 image of HR5873. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5873 during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 53m 06s
-55° 07’ 50”
10h 33m 41s
02h 26m 47s

J2000

15h 51m 06s
-55° 03’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

326.79°
-0.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5873.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.73
Bright giant

-4.52
B2II
9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5873 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5873. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5873 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 HR5873 double sysyem:

5.73
9.13
3.4
18 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5873 is distant 3,662.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

1,123.60
3,662.92
-1 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
-0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO243044
SAO243044

Visibility from Your Location

HR5873 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK