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HR5155

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -21.86°   Az: 130.02°   Direction: South-East

HR5155 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5155 visual magnitude is 5.98. Because of its faintness, HR5155 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 HR5155 star
DSS2 image of HR5155. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5155 during the next 10000 years (-9.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 44m 26s
-41° 31’ 44”
19h 13m 11s
08h 57m 38s

J2000

13h 42m 55s
-41° 24’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

313.2°
20.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5155.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

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5.98
Hypergiant

0.81
K0III
1.02
4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5155 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5155. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5155 is distant 352.43 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

108.11
352.43
28 km/s
-0.059 arcsec/y
-0.049"/y

Alternative Designations

HD119250
SAO224359
SAO224359
HIP66924
CD-40 8096

Visibility from Your Location

HR5155 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK