HR5089

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -71.75° Az: 56.91° Direction: East-North-East

HR5089 is a variable and double supergiant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5089 visual magnitude is 3.88. Because of its moderate brightness, HR5089 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of HR5089. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5089 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 32m 29s

Declination -39° 32’ 04”

Hour Angle 13h 19m 33s

Sidereal Time 02h 52m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 31m 02s

Declination -39° 24’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 311.22°

Galactic Latitude 22.83°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5089.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 3.88

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -4.05

Spectral Type G9I

Color Index (B-V) 1.17

Temperature 4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5089 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5089. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5089 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5089 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 3.88

Secondary star magnitude 3.98

Magnitude difference 0.1

Separation 0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5089 is distant 1,253.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 384.62

Distance (light year) 1,253.85

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD117440

SAO Catalogue SAO204545

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP65936

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-38 8592

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 6283

Visibility from Your Location

HR5089 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Centaurus