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HR5999

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -40.00°   Az: 105.65°   Direction: East-South-East

HR5999 is a variable and multiple sub-giant star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Scorpius.

HR5999 visual magnitude is 7.05. Because of its faintness, HR5999 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR5999 star
DSS2 image of HR5999. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5999 during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 10m 14s
-39° 10’ 10”
16h 48m 17s
08h 58m 31s

J2000

16h 08m 34s
-39° 06’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

339.52°
9.38°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5999 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5999.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

7.05
Sub-giant

0.46
A7IV
7101K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5999 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5999. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5999 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5999 double sysyem:

7.05
7.45
0.4
44.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5999 is distant 677.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

207.90
677.75
8 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/y
-0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO207367
SAO207367

Visibility from Your Location

HR5999 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK