HR5016

Above the horizon. Rise: 15:01 | Tran: 18:49 | Set: 22:36

Alt: 13.74° Az: 169.41° Direction: South

HR5016 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5016 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR5016 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.

DSS2 image of HR5016. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5016 during the next 10000 years (-8.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 20m 07s

Declination -51° 25’ 10”

Hour Angle 22h 53m 29s

Sidereal Time 12h 13m 36s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 18m 34s

Declination -51° 17’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 307.25°

Galactic Latitude 11.36°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.19

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.29

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5016 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5016. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5016 is distant 644.27 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 197.63

Distance (light year) 644.27

Radial Speed -4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.048 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD115529

SAO Catalogue SAO240721

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP64933

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-50 7660

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5016 rise, transit and set times from Houzhai, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 141.4° RISE 15:01

Max altitude: 15.2° TRANSIT 18:49

Azimuth: 218.6° SET 22:36

Name:	Houzhai, China
Latitude:	23° 25' 29.6" N
Longitude:	117° 1' 15.6" E
Timezone:	Asia/Shanghai

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