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north SunriseRise: 6:49  
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HR5974

Altitude: -39.3°   Azimuth: 263.7°   Direction: West

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

HR5974 visual magnitude is 6.1. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5974 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5974:

6.1
Sub-giant

HR5974 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -39.3°
Azimuth: 263.7°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5974

HR5974 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5974 are provided in the following table:

16h 04m 17s
-33° 12’ 51”
343°
14.26°
Lupus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5974 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5974 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5974.

Visibility of HR5974 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 123.2°
Max altitude: 5.3°
Azimuth: 236.8°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5974

The image below is a photograph of HR5974 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5974 is -0.031 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.055 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR5974 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
400.49 ly
-28 km/s
-0.031 arcsec/year
-0.055 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5974

HR5974 belongs to spectral class A9 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

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

Alternative designations of HR5974

SAO207292
SAO207292