HR5114

Altitude: -25.7° Azimuth: 337.1° Direction: North-North-West

HR5114 is a double giant star in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5114 visual magnitude is 6.49. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5114 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5114:

Color of HR5114 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5114 6.49

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR5114 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -25.7°
Azimuth: 337.1°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5114

HR5114 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5114 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 35m 33s

Declination J2000 +10° 12’ 16”

Galactic Longitude 336.59°

Galactic Latitude 70.14°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5114 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5114.

Visibility of HR5114 from your location

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

Today's HR5114 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 79.8° RISE 1:49

Max altitude: 48.7° TRANSIT 8:39

Azimuth: 280.2° SET 15:30

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5114

The image below is a photograph of HR5114 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5114 is 0.077 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.061 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR5114. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5114 during the next 10000 years (12.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5114 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5114 is distant 329.29 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 101.01 pc

Distance (light year) 329.29 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 33 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.077 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.061 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5114

HR5114 belongs to spectral class K1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.47

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.03

Temperature of HR5114 4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5114 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5114. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR5114 star system properties

HR5114 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5114 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.49

Secondary star magnitude 8.49

Magnitude difference 2

Separation 70.2 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR5114

Henry Draper Catalogue HD118266

SAO Catalogue SAO100630

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP66326

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+10 2565

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