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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR5104

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:37 | Tran: 22:52 | Set: 1:11
Alt: -1.42°   Az: 148.64°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5104 is a variable giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5104 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its faintness, HR5104 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 HR5104 star
DSS2 image of HR5104. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5104 during the next 10000 years (-8.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 36m 10s
-33° 26’ 24”
21h 25m 42s
11h 01m 52s

J2000

13h 34m 43s
-33° 18’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

313.24°
28.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5104.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.44
Giant

-0.77
K2III
4194K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5104 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5104. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5104 is distant 903.05 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

277.01
903.05
-9 km/s
-0.049 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO204612
SAO204612

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5104 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.4°
Max altitude: 5.1°
Azimuth: 236.6°