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HR5046

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -80.17°   Az: 272.89°   Direction: West

HR5046 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5046 visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its faintness, HR5046 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 HR5046 star
DSS2 image of HR5046. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5046 during the next 10000 years (-11.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 25m 25s
-49° 57’ 20”
10h 58m 31s
00h 23m 56s

J2000

13h 23m 52s
-49° 49’ 23”

Galactic Coordinates

308.29°
12.71°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5046.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

⬤
6.48
Giant

0.91
G8III
0.96
4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5046 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5046. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5046 is distant 424.48 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 32 kilometers per second.

130.21
424.48
-32 km/s
-0.067 arcsec/y
-0.044"/y

Alternative Designations

HD116338
SAO224104
SAO224104
HIP65372
CD-49 7884

Visibility from Your Location

HR5046 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK