HR5158

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:11 | Tran: 19:13 | Set: 1:11

Alt: 8.75° Az: 218.00° Direction: 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

Right Ascension 13h 45m 52s

Declination -51° 08’ 25”

Hour Angle 05h 03m 38s

Sidereal Time 18h 49m 31s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 44m 15s

Declination -51° 00’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 311.35°

Galactic Latitude 10.99°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.47

Class Hypergiant

HR5158 is also a SiCr chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 1.21

Spectral Type A0

Color Index (B-V) -0.13

Temperature 12103K

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.

Distance (parsec) 112.61

Distance (light year) 367.12

Radial Speed 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.036 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.041"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD119419

SAO Catalogue SAO241120

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP67036

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-50 7998

General Catalogue of Variable Stars V827 Cen

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5158 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 141.1° RISE 13:11

Max altitude: 38.8° TRANSIT 19:13

Azimuth: 218.9° SET 1:11

Name:	Cayambe, Ecuador
Latitude:	0° 2' 27.0" N
Longitude:	78° 8' 42.7" W
Timezone:	America/Guayaquil

Set Location

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