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HR5117

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:17 | Tran: 4:16 | Set: 6:15
Alt: -13.87°   Az: 128.96°   Direction: South-East

HR5117 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5117 visual magnitude is 6.5. Because of its faintness, HR5117 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 HR5117 star
DSS2 image of HR5117. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5117 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 38m 17s
-34° 35’ 42”
19h 34m 00s
09h 12m 17s

J2000

13h 36m 50s
-34° 28’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

313.47°
27.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5117.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.5
Hypergiant

0.49
K0III
4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5117 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5117. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5117 is distant 519.11 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

159.24
519.11
22 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.028"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO204653
SAO204653

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5117 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.6°
Max altitude: 3.9°
Azimuth: 235.4°