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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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HR5906

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:13 | Tran: 0:51 | Set: 4:34
Alt: -31.80°   Az: 269.55°   Direction: West

HR5906 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR5906 visual magnitude is 5.39. Because of its faintness, HR5906 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 HR5906 star
DSS2 image of HR5906. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5906 during the next 10000 years (-4.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 55m 25s
-24° 36’ 23”
07h 23m 14s
23h 18m 39s

J2000

15h 53m 53s
-24° 31’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

347.51°
22.15°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5906.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.39
Sub-giant

-0.13
B6IV
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5906 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5906. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5906 is distant 414.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

127.06
414.23
2 km/s
-0.024 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO183900
SAO183900

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5906 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.6°
Max altitude: 13.9°
Azimuth: 245.4°