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clear_day Transit: 12:58  
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HR5167

Altitude: -15.3°   Azimuth: 112.9°   Direction: East-South-East

HR5167 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Hydra.

HR5167 visual magnitude is 5.81. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5167 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5167:

5.81
Main-sequence

HR5167 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -15.3°
Azimuth: 112.9°
Direction: East-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5167

HR5167 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5167 are provided in the following table:

13h 45m 36s
-26° 06’ 57”
317.84°
35.18°
Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5167 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5167 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5167.

Visibility of HR5167 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR5167 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.1°
Max altitude: 12.4°
Azimuth: 243.9°
HR5167 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5167

The image below is a photograph of HR5167 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5167 is -0.071 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.01 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR5167 star
DSS2 image of HR5167. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5167 during the next 10000 years (-11.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5167 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5167 is distant 287.22 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

88.11 pc
287.22 ly
-10 km/s
-0.071 arcsec/year
-0.01 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5167

HR5167 belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

1.08
A1V
9882K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5167 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5167. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5167

SAO181931
SAO181931