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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:50
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HR5969

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:44 | Tran: 1:17 | Set: 4:45
Alt: -9.54°   Az: 239.93°   Direction: West-South-West

HR5969 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR5969 visual magnitude is 5. Because of its moderate brightness, HR5969 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR5969 star
DSS2 image of HR5969. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5969 during the next 10000 years (-11.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 04m 53s
-25° 56’ 01”
04h 46m 31s
20h 51m 24s

J2000

16h 03m 20s
-25° 51’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

348.17°
19.7°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5969.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5
Giant

0.94
K5III
4270K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5969 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5969. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5969 is distant 211.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 39 kilometers per second.

64.98
211.83
-39 km/s
-0.071 arcsec/y
-0.038"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO184068
SAO184068

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5969 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.9°
Max altitude: 12.6°
Azimuth: 244.1°