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Sunset: 19:03
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HR5161

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:46 | Tran: 14:47 | Set: 0:48
Alt: 71.82°   Az: 207.94°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5161 is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

HR5161 visual magnitude is 5.98. Because of its faintness, HR5161 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 HR5161 star
DSS2 image of HR5161. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5161 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 43m 49s
+34° 51’ 54”
00h 41m 03s
14h 24m 52s

J2000

13h 42m 43s
+34° 59’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

71.71°
76.51°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5161 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5161.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.98
Giant

0.11
G5III
5134K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5161 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5161. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5161 is distant 485.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

149.03
485.84
-15 km/s
0.013 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO63701
SAO63701

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5161 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.1°
Max altitude: 73.4°
Azimuth: 304.9°