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public  South Grafton, Australia South Grafton, Australia  ⓘ
TimezoneAustralia/Sydney
Sunrise: 6:45 
Transit: 11:52 
Sunset: 16:59
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HR5060

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:34 | Tran: 18:34 | Set: 2:33
Alt: -10.56°   Az: 207.82°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5060 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5060 visual magnitude is 5.69. Because of its faintness, HR5060 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 HR5060 star
DSS2 image of HR5060. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5060 during the next 10000 years (-0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 28m 25s
-41° 37’ 47”
09h 28m 32s
22h 56m 57s

J2000

13h 26m 56s
-41° 29’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

310.04°
20.88°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5060.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.69
Giant

-3.26
K3III
3839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5060 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5060. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5060 is distant 2,012.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

617.28
2,012.35
-24 km/s
-0.004 arcsec/y
-0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO224148
SAO224148

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5060 rise, transit and set times from South Grafton, Australia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Australia/Sydney):

Azimuth: 131.6°
Max altitude: 78.1°
Azimuth: 228.4°