HR5178

Above the horizon. Rise: 8:10 | Tran: 13:18 | Set: 18:26

Alt: 21.65° Az: 217.47° Direction: South-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 13h 48m 32s

Declination -09° 49’ 55”

Hour Angle 02h 20m 05s

Sidereal Time 16h 08m 37s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 47m 13s

Declination -09° 42’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 324.99°

Galactic Latitude 50.76°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5178.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.05

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.07

Spectral Type K5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.42

Temperature 3918K

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

Main star magnitude 6.05

Secondary star magnitude 7.65

Magnitude difference 1.6

Separation 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.

Distance (parsec) 156.99

Distance (light year) 511.77

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.008 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.037"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD120033

SAO Catalogue SAO139544

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP67271

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-08 3639

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° RISE 8:10

Max altitude: 28.7° TRANSIT 13:18

Azimuth: 260.2° SET 18:26

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo