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HR5045

Altitude: 21.1°   Azimuth: 44.9°   Direction: North-East

HR5045 is a variable star in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

HR5045 visual magnitude is 6.35. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5045 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5045:

6.35

HR5045 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 21.1°
Azimuth: 44.9°
Direction: North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5045

HR5045 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5045 are provided in the following table:

13h 22m 03s
+43° 54’ 11”
104.7°
72.12°
Canes Venatici

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5045 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5045 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5045.

Visibility of HR5045 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR5045 is circumpolar and transits at 08:50 UTC (altitude: 82.4°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5045

The image below is a photograph of HR5045 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5045 is -0.071 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.01 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR5045 star
DSS2 image of HR5045. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5045 during the next 10000 years (-11.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5045 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5045 is distant 457.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

140.45 pc
457.87 ly
-1 km/s
-0.071 arcsec/year
0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5045

HR5045 belongs to spectral class A7

0.61
A7
7866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5045 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5045. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5045

SAO44582
SAO44582