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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
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HR512

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -58.63°   Az: 179.78°   Direction: South-South-West

HR512 is a main-sequence star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Octans.

HR512 visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its faintness, HR512 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 HR512 star
DSS2 image of HR512. The red arrow shows the motion of HR512 during the next 1000 years (1.98 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 37m 20s
-82° 50’ 45”
12h 03m 41s
13h 41m 02s

J2000

01h 37m 55s
-82° 58’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

301.23°
-34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR512.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.87
Main-sequence

3.70
G2V
5929K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR512 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR512. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR512 is distant 88.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

27.13
88.44
-5 km/s
0.119 arcsec/y
0.12"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO258271
SAO258271

Visibility from Your Location

HR512 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK