HR5975

Below the horizon. Rise: 0:47 | Tran: 1:38 | Set: 2:24

Alt: -47.95° Az: 265.36° Direction: West

HR5975 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5975 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, HR5975 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 HR5975. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5975 during the next 1000 years (-2.28 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.95 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 16h 06m 17s

Declination -37° 55’ 50”

Hour Angle 08h 08m 44s

Sidereal Time 00h 15m 02s

J2000

Right Ascension 16h 04m 36s

Declination -37° 51’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 339.81°

Galactic Latitude 10.81°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5975.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.9

Class Sub-giant

Absolute magnitude 2.90

Spectral Type F3IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.4

Temperature 6880K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5975 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5975. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5975 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 HR5975 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.9

Secondary star magnitude 12.9

Magnitude difference 7

Separation 40.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5975 is distant 129.88 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 39.84

Distance (light year) 129.88

Radial Speed -6 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.137 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.117"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD143928

SAO Catalogue SAO207297

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP78747

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3710680

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5975 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.9° RISE 0:47

Max altitude: 0.6° TRANSIT 1:38

Azimuth: 232.1° SET 2:24

Set Location

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