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All Constellations » Triangulum Australe » 

HR5884

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -24.17°   Az: 181.08°   Direction: South

HR5884 is a variable giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Triangulum Australe.

HR5884 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR5884 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 HR5884 star
DSS2 image of HR5884. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5884 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 55m 35s
-62° 40’ 47”
00h 08m 36s
16h 04m 12s

J2000

15h 53m 22s
-62° 36’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

322.22°
-6.76°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5884.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Giant

-0.22
K3III
3839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5884 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5884. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5884 is distant 623.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

191.20
623.33
8 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO253328
SAO253328

Visibility from Your Location

HR5884 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK