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HR5171

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -36.05°   Az: 148.28°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5171 is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5171 visual magnitude is 6.51. Because of its faintness, HR5171 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR5171 star
DSS2 image of HR5171. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5171 during the next 10000 years (-3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 48m 57s
-62° 42’ 52”
19h 27m 54s
09h 16m 51s

J2000

13h 47m 10s
-62° 35’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

309.3°
-0.41°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5171.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.51
Hypergiant

-6.25
K0I
3190K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5171 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5171. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5171 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5171 double sysyem:

6.51
10.51
4
9.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5171 is distant 11,642.86 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

3,571.43
11,642.86
-36 km/s
-0.023 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO252448
SAO252448

Visibility from Your Location

HR5171 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK