HR5965

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:54 | Tran: 22:54 | Set: 1:59

Alt: -33.33° Az: 96.41° Direction: South

HR5965 is a double giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR5965 visual magnitude is 6.03. Because of its faintness, HR5965 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 HR5965. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5965 during the next 10000 years (6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 04m 14s

Declination -29° 12’ 17”

Hour Angle 16h 48m 08s

Sidereal Time 08h 52m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 02m 39s

Declination -29° 08’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 345.65°

Galactic Latitude 17.47°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.03

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.33

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.31

Temperature 4104K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5965 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5965. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5965 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5965 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.03

Secondary star magnitude 12.83

Magnitude difference 6.8

Separation 11 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5965 is distant 450.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 138.31

Distance (light year) 450.90

Radial Speed 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.036 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD143619

SAO Catalogue SAO184049

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP78575

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2811817

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS9896

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5965 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.2° RISE 19:54

Max altitude: 9.3° TRANSIT 22:54

Azimuth: 240.8° SET 1:59

Set Location

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