HR5041

Above the horizon. Rise: 12:51 | Tran: 18:49 | Set: 0:50

Alt: 3.84° Az: 205.05° Direction: South-South-West

HR5041 is a bright giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5041 visual magnitude is 4.53. Because of its moderate brightness, HR5041 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of HR5041. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5041 during the next 10000 years (4.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 25m 44s

Declination -64° 40’ 05”

Hour Angle 05h 23m 37s

Sidereal Time 18h 49m 22s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 24m 00s

Declination -64° 32’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 306.42°

Galactic Latitude -1.88°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.53

Class Bright giant

Absolute magnitude 0.05

Spectral Type G6II

Color Index (B-V) 0.85

Temperature 5134K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5041 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5041. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5041 is distant 256.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 78.80

Distance (light year) 256.90

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.029 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD116243

SAO Catalogue SAO252293

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP65387

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-63 2732

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5041 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 154.7° RISE 12:51

Max altitude: 25.3° TRANSIT 18:49

Azimuth: 205.3° SET 0:50

Name:	Cayambe, Ecuador
Latitude:	0° 2' 27.0" N
Longitude:	78° 8' 42.7" W
Timezone:	America/Guayaquil

Set Location

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