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HR5151

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -66.20°   Az: 118.99°   Direction: East-South-East

HR5151 is a hypergiant star of spectral class B0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5151 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR5151 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 HR5151 star
DSS2 image of HR5151. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5151 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 44m 35s
-56° 53’ 37”
14h 41m 01s
04h 25m 37s

J2000

13h 42m 56s
-56° 46’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

309.98°
5.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5151.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Hypergiant

-3.85
B0III
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5151 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5151. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5151 is distant 3,046.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

934.58
3,046.73
-23 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO241096
SAO241096

Visibility from Your Location

HR5151 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK