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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:00 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:26
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HR5031

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:13 | Tran: 10:25 | Set: 16:37
Alt: 36.08°   Az: 215.10°   Direction: South-West

HR5031 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5031 visual magnitude is 6.26. Because of its faintness, HR5031 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 HR5031 star
DSS2 image of HR5031. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5031 during the next 10000 years (-9.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 21m 57s
+02° 48’ 43”
01h 50m 54s
15h 12m 52s

J2000

13h 20m 41s
+02° 56’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

320.32°
64.82°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5031 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5031.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.26
Main-sequence

0.77
A3V
9028K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5031 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5031. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5031 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5031 double sysyem:

6.26
6.66
0.4
1.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5031 is distant 409.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

125.47
409.03
-4 km/s
-0.059 arcsec/y
-0.029"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO119889
SAO119889

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5031 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.2°
Max altitude: 41.3°
Azimuth: 272.8°