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HR5043

Above the horizon.  Rise: 20:36 | Tran: 22:53 | Set: 1:13
Alt: 3.50°   Az: 163.83°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5043 is a variable giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5043 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR5043 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 HR5043 star
DSS2 image of HR5043. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5043 during the next 100000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 24m 34s
-33° 19’ 18”
22h 42m 17s
12h 06m 51s

J2000

13h 23m 08s
-33° 11’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

310.53°
29.21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5043.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22
Giant

-0.53
M1III
3581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5043 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5043. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5043 is distant 730.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

224.22
730.94
-13 km/s
-0.005 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO204420
SAO204420

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5043 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.3°
Max altitude: 5.2°
Azimuth: 236.7°