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HR5146

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:09 | Tran: 22:55 | Set: 2:45
Alt: 2.69°   Az: 225.41°   Direction: South-West

HR5146 is a multiple hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR5146 visual magnitude is 6.59. Because of its faintness, HR5146 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR5146 star
DSS2 image of HR5146. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5146 during the next 100000 years (-15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 42m 55s
-23° 34’ 37”
03h 23m 38s
17h 06m 33s

J2000

13h 41m 30s
-23° 26’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

317.55°
38°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5146.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.59
Hypergiant

-0.29
A0
9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5146 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5146. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5146 is distant 776.19 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

238.10
776.19
-13 km/s
-0.009 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO181863
SAO181863

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5146 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.6°
Max altitude: 14.9°
Azimuth: 246.4°