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HR5121

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -84.15°   Az: 34.57°   Direction: North-East

HR5121 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5121 visual magnitude is 5.9. Because of its faintness, HR5121 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 HR5121 star
DSS2 image of HR5121. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5121 during the next 10000 years (-1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 38m 54s
-46° 33’ 12”
12h 19m 18s
01h 58m 12s

J2000

13h 37m 23s
-46° 25’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

311.13°
15.71°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5121 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5121.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.9
Main-sequence

0.51
B8V
11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5121 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5121. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5121 is distant 389.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

119.47
389.49
3 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/y
-0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO224283
SAO224283

Visibility from Your Location

HR5121 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK