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HR2053

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:01 | Tran: 11:58 | Set: 12:56
Alt: -57.04°   Az: 82.21°   Direction: East

HR2053 is a multiple giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Columba.

HR2053 visual magnitude is 5.63. Because of its faintness, HR2053 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 HR2053 star
DSS2 image of HR2053. The red arrow shows the motion of HR2053 during the next 10000 years (5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 53m 25s
-37° 37’ 36”
14h 51m 33s
20h 44m 59s

J2000

05h 52m 33s
-37° 37’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

243.46°
-27.23°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR2053.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.63
Giant

0.66
K1III
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR2053 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR2053. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR2053 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 HR2053 double sysyem:

5.63
11.73
6.1
16.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR2053 is distant 321.50 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

98.62
321.50
32 km/s
0.033 arcsec/y
-0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO196266
SAO196266

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR2053 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.6°
Max altitude: 0.9°
Azimuth: 232.4°