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HR5071

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -32.27°   Az: 133.53°   Direction: South-East

HR5071 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5071 visual magnitude is 5.06. Because of its faintness, HR5071 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 HR5071 star
DSS2 image of HR5071. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5071 during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 30m 57s
-51° 17’ 33”
18h 45m 25s
08h 16m 22s

J2000

13h 29m 25s
-51° 09’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

308.99°
11.26°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5071 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5071.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.06
Main-sequence

-0.89
A1V
9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5071 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5071. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5071 is distant 503.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

154.56
503.86
-2 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO240883
SAO240883

Visibility from Your Location

HR5071 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK