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public LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:20 
Transit: 12:55 
Sunset: 20:30
wb_twilight   (Nautical Twilight)   What's Visible Now?

HR5071

Altitude: -14.6°   Azimuth: 164.9°   Direction: South-South-East

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

HR5071 visual magnitude is 5.06. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5071 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR5071 is -0.002 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.017 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Key facts about HR5071

5.06
Main-sequence

HR5071 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: -14.6°
Azimuth: 164.9°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5071

HR5071 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5071 are provided in the following table:

13h 29m 25s
-51° 09’ 55”
308.99°
11.26°
Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5071 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5071 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5071.

Visibility of HR5071 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR5071 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Distance of HR5071 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
503.86 ly
-2 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/year
-0.017 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5071

HR5071 belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

-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

Alternative designations of HR5071

SAO240883
SAO240883