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Sunset: 20:51
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HR5916

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:20 | Tran: 1:05 | Set: 3:46
Alt: 5.87°   Az: 164.62°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5916 is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5916 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR5916 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 HR5916 star
DSS2 image of HR5916. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5916 during the next 10000 years (2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 57m 06s
-31° 09’ 22”
22h 48m 10s
14h 45m 16s

J2000

15h 55m 30s
-31° 05’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

343.07°
17.09°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5916.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.21
Giant

0.79
K4III
4000K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5916 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5916. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5916 is distant 395.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 44 kilometers per second.

121.36
395.63
44 km/s
0.014 arcsec/y
0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO207119
SAO207119

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5916 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.2°
Max altitude: 7.4°
Azimuth: 238.8°