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HR5122

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -40.81°   Az: 136.46°   Direction: South-East

HR5122 is a double giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5122 visual magnitude is 6.42. Because of its faintness, HR5122 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 HR5122 star
DSS2 image of HR5122. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5122 during the next 10000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 39m 46s
-58° 32’ 25”
18h 09m 45s
07h 49m 31s

J2000

13h 38m 07s
-58° 24’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

309.03°
3.9°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5122 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5122.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.42
Giant

0.61
K1III
4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5122 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5122. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5122 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5122 double sysyem:

6.42
11.02
4.6
2.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5122 is distant 472.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

144.93
472.46
1 km/s
-0.008 arcsec/y
-0.036"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO241013
SAO241013

Visibility from Your Location

HR5122 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK