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HR5118

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -6.23°   Az: 187.92°   Direction: South

HR5118 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5118 visual magnitude is 5.98. Because of its faintness, HR5118 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 HR5118 star
DSS2 image of HR5118. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5118 during the next 10000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 38m 36s
-44° 16’ 14”
00h 44m 07s
14h 22m 44s

J2000

13h 37m 05s
-44° 08’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

311.52°
17.97°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5118.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.98
Giant

0.67
G8III
4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5118 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5118. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5118 is distant 376.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

115.47
376.44
6 km/s
-0.05 arcsec/y
-0.02"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO224275
SAO224275

Visibility from Your Location

HR5118 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK