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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR5006

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:54 | Tran: 22:31 | Set: 1:11
Alt: -1.37°   Az: 215.65°   Direction: South-West

HR5006 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5006 visual magnitude is 5.1. Because of its faintness, HR5006 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 HR5006 star
DSS2 image of HR5006. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5006 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 18m 18s
-31° 38’ 21”
02h 52m 46s
16h 11m 04s

J2000

13h 16m 53s
-31° 30’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

309.26°
31.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5006.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.1
Giant

0.70
K1III
4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5006 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5006. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5006 is distant 246.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

75.70
246.78
13 km/s
0.034 arcsec/y
-0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO204312
SAO204312

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5006 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.6°
Max altitude: 6.9°
Azimuth: 238.4°