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HR5016

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -47.56°   Az: 119.09°   Direction: East-South-East

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.

Image of HR5016 star
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

13h 20m 07s
-51° 25’ 09”
16h 44m 03s
06h 04m 10s

J2000

13h 18m 34s
-51° 17’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

307.25°
11.36°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5016.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Hypergiant

-0.29
A0V
10002K

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

HR 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.

197.63
644.27
-4 km/s
-0.048 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO240721
SAO240721

Visibility from Your Location

HR5016 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK