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HR5951

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -60.95° Az: 227.60° Direction: South-West

HR5951 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Triangulum Australe.

HR5951 visual magnitude is 6.25. Because of its faintness, HR5951 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 HR5951. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5951 during the next 10000 years (-7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 05m 04s

Declination -62° 36’ 30”

Hour Angle 08h 35m 11s

Sideral Time 00h 40m 15s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 02m 52s

Declination -62° 32’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 323.1°

Galactic Latitude -7.43°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5951.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.25

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.17

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.04

Temperature 10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5951 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5951. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5951 is distant 338.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 103.95

Distance (light year) 338.88

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.042 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD143238

SAO Catalogue SAO253390

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP78603

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-62 5122

Visibility from Your Location

HR5951 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Triangulum Australe