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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR5178

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:09 | Tran: 22:17 | Set: 3:29
Alt: -22.33°   Az: 77.32°   Direction: East-North-East

HR5178 is a double giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5178 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, HR5178 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 HR5178 star
DSS2 image of HR5178. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5178 during the next 10000 years (1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 48m 34s
-09° 50’ 06”
16h 25m 20s
06h 13m 54s

J2000

13h 47m 13s
-09° 42’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

324.99°
50.76°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5178.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.05
Giant

0.07
K5III
3918K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5178 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5178. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5178 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5178 double sysyem:

6.05
7.65
1.6
0.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5178 is distant 511.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

156.99
511.77
7 km/s
0.008 arcsec/y
-0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO139544
SAO139544

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5178 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.8°
Max altitude: 28.7°
Azimuth: 260.2°