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HR5039

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -68.02°   Az: 263.68°   Direction: West

HR5039 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5039 visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, HR5039 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 HR5039 star
DSS2 image of HR5039. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5039 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 24m 32s
-48° 41’ 29”
09h 42m 45s
23h 07m 18s

J2000

13h 23m 02s
-48° 33’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

308.31°
13.98°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5039 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5039.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.38
Sub-giant

-2.32
B6IV
11092K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5039 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5039. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5039 is distant 1,791.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

549.45
1,791.21
-41 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO224096
SAO224096

Visibility from Your Location

HR5039 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK