HR5923

Below the horizon. Rise: 20:57 | Tran: 23:31 | Set: 2:09

Alt: -17.11° Az: 120.01° Direction: East-South-East

HR5923 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F6 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5923 visual magnitude is 6.29. Because of its faintness, HR5923 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 HR5923. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5923 during the next 10000 years (6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 15h 57m 50s

Declination -31° 51’ 29”

Hour Angle 18h 51m 55s

Sidereal Time 10h 49m 45s

J2000

Right Ascension 15h 56m 13s

Declination -31° 47’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 342.7°

Galactic Latitude 16.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5923.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.29

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 2.77

Spectral Type F6V

Color Index (B-V) 0.43

Temperature 6724K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5923 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5923. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5923 is distant 164.56 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 50.48

Distance (light year) 164.56

Radial Speed 18 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.036 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD142542

SAO Catalogue SAO207134

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP78058

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3112407

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5923 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.9° RISE 20:57

Max altitude: 6.7° TRANSIT 23:31

Azimuth: 238.1° SET 2:09

Set Location

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