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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:07 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:45
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HR5988

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:42 | Tran: 1:31 | Set: 5:16
Alt: -60.39°   Az: 334.92°   Direction: North-North-West

HR5988 is a variable star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR5988 visual magnitude is 5.92. Because of its faintness, HR5988 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 HR5988 star
DSS2 image of HR5988. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5988 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 07m 37s
-23° 40’ 23”
11h 07m 08s
03h 14m 45s

J2000

16h 06m 06s
-23° 36’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

350.35°
20.85°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5988.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.92

0.05
B8
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5988 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5988. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5988 is distant 486.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

149.25
486.57
-7 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO184113
SAO184113

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5988 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.7°
Max altitude: 14.8°
Azimuth: 246.3°