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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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HR5053

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:17 | Tran: 22:18 | Set: 5:24
Alt: 28.31°   Az: 253.26°   Direction: West-South-West

HR5053 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5053 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its faintness, HR5053 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 HR5053 star
DSS2 image of HR5053. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5053 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 25m 45s
+12° 18’ 00”
03h 58m 35s
17h 24m 21s

J2000

13h 24m 30s
+12° 25’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

332.35°
73.39°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5053.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.44
Hypergiant

0.35
K0III
4603K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5053 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5053. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5053 is distant 537.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

165.02
537.95
-6 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/y
0.041"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO100553
SAO100553

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5053 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 77.7°
Max altitude: 50.8°
Azimuth: 282.3°