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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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HR5974

Above the horizon.  Rise: 23:20 | Tran: 1:41 | Set: 3:58
Alt: 5.21°   Az: 177.94°   Direction: South

HR5974 is a sub-giant star of spectral class A9 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5974 visual magnitude is 6.1. Because of its faintness, HR5974 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 HR5974 star
DSS2 image of HR5974. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5974 during the next 10000 years (-5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 05m 55s
-33° 16’ 56”
23h 50m 12s
15h 56m 07s

J2000

16h 04m 17s
-33° 12’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

343°
14.26°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5974.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.1
Sub-giant

0.65
A9IV
7217K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5974 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5974. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5974 is distant 400.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

122.85
400.49
-28 km/s
-0.031 arcsec/y
-0.055"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO207292
SAO207292

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5974 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.3°
Max altitude: 5.2°
Azimuth: 236.7°