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public  Cayambe, Ecuador Cayambe, Ecuador  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Guayaquil
Sunrise: 6:14 
Transit: 12:16 
Sunset: 18:19
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HR5065

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:54 | Tran: 18:52 | Set: 0:54
Alt: 7.46°   Az: 229.28°   Direction: South-West

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.

Image of HR5065 star
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

13h 28m 43s
-40° 17’ 40”
05h 20m 39s
18h 49m 23s

J2000

13h 27m 14s
-40° 09’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

310.31°
22.2°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5065.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.4
Giant

0.69
G8III
4791K

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

HR 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:

6.4
12.1
5.7
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.

138.70
452.15
14 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO204483
SAO204483

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5065 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 130.3°
Max altitude: 49.7°
Azimuth: 229.7°