HR 5401

HR 5401 is a possible astrometric binary star system in the southern constellation of Lupus. With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.83, it is just visible to the naked eye under good seeing conditions. The distance to HR 5401 can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of 15.9 mas, yielding a range of 205 light years. It is moving closer to Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −30 km/s, and is expected to come within 161 ly in ~524,000 years.

HR 5401

HR 5401 is a possible astrometric binary star system in the southern constellation of Lupus. With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.83, it is just visible to the naked eye under good seeing conditions. The distance to HR 5401 can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of 15.9 mas, yielding a range of 205 light years. It is moving closer to Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of −30 km/s, and is expected to come within 161 ly in ~524,000 years.