HR5006

HR5006 is a giant star in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5006 visual magnitude is 5.1. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5006 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5006:

Color of HR5006 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5006 5.1

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR5006 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt. Altitude: 4°.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5006

HR5006 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5006 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 16m 53s

Declination J2000 -31° 30’ 21”

Galactic Longitude 309.26°

Galactic Latitude 31.05°

Constellation Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5006 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5006.

Visibility of HR5006 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 121.5° RISE 19:02

Max altitude: 7.0° TRANSIT 21:40

Azimuth: 238.5° SET 0:18

RIGHT NOW HR5006 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5006

The image below is a photograph of HR5006 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5006 is 0.034 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.048 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR5006 from the Sun and relative movement

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.

Distance (parsec) 75.70 pc

Distance (light year) 246.78 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 13 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.034 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.048 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5006

HR5006 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.70

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature of HR5006 4841K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR5006

Henry Draper Catalogue HD115310

SAO Catalogue SAO204312

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP64803

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3010457

FK5 Catalogue 1342

In Evidence

Other stars in Centaurus