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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:42 
Transit: 12:53 
Sunset: 19:03
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HR513

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:19 | Tran: 2:53 | Set: 8:23
Alt: 27.16°   Az: 214.82°   Direction: South-West

HR513 is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Cetus.

HR513 visual magnitude is 5.34. Because of its faintness, HR513 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 HR513 star
DSS2 image of HR513. The red arrow shows the motion of HR513 during the next 10000 years (-1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 47m 13s
-05° 36’ 37”
02h 02m 46s
03h 50m 00s

J2000

01h 45m 59s
-05° 43’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

156.61°
-64.97°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR513 star
Simplified finder chart for HR513.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.34
Giant

-0.63
K4III
3764K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR513 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR513. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR513 is distant 509.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

156.25
509.38
11 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
-0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO129490
SAO129490

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR513 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.6°
Max altitude: 32.9°
Azimuth: 264.4°