HR5065

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -4.84° Az: 159.33° Direction: South-South-East

HR5065 is a double giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5065 visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its faintness, HR5065 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.

DSS2 image of HR5065. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5065 during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 28m 41s

Declination -40° 17’ 30”

Hour Angle 22h 10m 10s

Sidereal Time 11h 38m 52s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 27m 14s

Declination -40° 09’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 310.31°

Galactic Latitude 22.2°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5065.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.4

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.69

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.98

Temperature 4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5065 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5065. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5065 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5065 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.4

Secondary star magnitude 12.1

Magnitude difference 5.7

Separation 45.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5065 is distant 452.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 138.70

Distance (light year) 452.15

Radial Speed 14 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD116873

SAO Catalogue SAO204483

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP65621

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-39 8260

Visibility from Your Location

HR5065 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Centaurus