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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR5066

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -45.93°   Az: 150.26°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5066 is a variable star of spectral class A in the constellation of Musca.

HR5066 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its faintness, HR5066 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 HR5066 star
DSS2 image of HR5066. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5066 during the next 10000 years (-7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 30m 39s
-69° 45’ 31”
18h 16m 34s
07h 47m 13s

J2000

13h 28m 46s
-69° 37’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

306.19°
-6.99°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5066.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.2
HR5066 is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

-0.45
A
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5066 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5066. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5066 is distant 698.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

214.13
698.07
16 km/s
-0.047 arcsec/y
-0.045"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO252321
SAO252321

Visibility from Your Location

HR5066 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK