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HR5140

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -35.92°   Az: 142.00°   Direction: South-East

HR5140 is a giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5140 visual magnitude is 5.38. Because of its faintness, HR5140 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 HR5140 star
DSS2 image of HR5140. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5140 during the next 10000 years (-5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 43m 43s
-58° 54’ 52”
19h 00m 09s
08h 43m 52s

J2000

13h 42m 01s
-58° 47’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

309.46°
3.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5140.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.38
Giant

-1.11
B9III
10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5140 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5140. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5140 is distant 646.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

198.41
646.83
-8 km/s
-0.035 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO241080
SAO241080

Visibility from Your Location

HR5140 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK