HR5916

Above the horizon. Rise: 12:45 | Tran: 15:26 | Set: 18:07

Alt: 1.98° Az: 208.99° Direction: South-South-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 15h 57m 03s

Declination -31° 09’ 16”

Hour Angle 02h 17m 52s

Sidereal Time 18h 14m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 55m 30s

Declination -31° 05’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 343.07°

Galactic Latitude 17.09°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5916.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.21

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.79

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.37

Temperature 4000K

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

Distance (parsec) 121.36

Distance (light year) 395.63

Radial Speed 44 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.014 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD142407

SAO Catalogue SAO207119

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP77985

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3012663

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° RISE 12:45

Max altitude: 7.4° TRANSIT 15:26

Azimuth: 238.8° SET 18:07

Set Location

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