HR5158
Below the horizon.
Never rises today
Alt: -44.39°
Az: 238.67°
Direction: West-South-West
HR5158 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Centaurus.
HR5158 visual magnitude is 6.47. Because of its faintness, HR5158 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.
DSS2 image of HR5158. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5158 during the next
10000 years (-6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.83 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for HR5158.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
HR5158 is also a SiCr chemically peculiar star.The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5158 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5158.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
HR5158 is distant 367.12 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
HR5158 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK