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HR5945

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -9.08°   Az: 210.67°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5945 is a variable bright giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5945 visual magnitude is 6.49. Because of its faintness, HR5945 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 HR5945 star
DSS2 image of HR5945. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5945 during the next 10000 years (3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 01m 40s
-40° 43’ 20”
02h 46m 38s
18h 48m 18s

J2000

15h 59m 57s
-40° 39’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

337.23°
9.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5945.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.49
Bright giant

-2.02
K1II
3764K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5945 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5945. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5945 is distant 1,638.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

502.51
1,638.19
-26 km/s
0.021 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO226431
SAO226431

Visibility from Your Location

HR5945 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK