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HR5024

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -47.19°   Az: 226.53°   Direction: South-West

HR5024 is a double bright giant star of spectral class F3 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5024 visual magnitude is 6.18. Because of its faintness, HR5024 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 HR5024 star
DSS2 image of HR5024. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5024 during the next 10000 years (-7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 22m 10s
-59° 54’ 07”
06h 41m 52s
20h 04m 03s

J2000

13h 20m 34s
-59° 46’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

306.6°
2.89°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5024 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5024.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.18
Bright giant

0.78
F3II
6724K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5024 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5024. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5024 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 HR5024 double sysyem:

6.18
12.58
6.4
13.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5024 is distant 392.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

120.34
392.30
-10 km/s
-0.042 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO240756
SAO240756

Visibility from Your Location

HR5024 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK