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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:33 
Transit: 12:55 
Sunset: 19:17
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HR5183

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:46 | Tran: 15:15 | Set: 21:45
Alt: -15.91°   Az: 57.36°   Direction: East-North-East

HR5183 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5183 visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its faintness, HR5183 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 HR5183 star
DSS2 image of HR5183. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5183 during the next 1000 years (-8.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.80 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 48m 11s
+06° 13’ 40”
15h 38m 12s
05h 26m 24s

J2000

13h 46m 57s
+06° 21’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

337.86°
65.38°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5183 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5183.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.33
Hypergiant

3.90
G0IV
5853K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5183 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5183. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5183 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5183 double sysyem:

6.33
9.83
3.5
486 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5183 is distant 99.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

30.62
99.82
-31 km/s
-0.51 arcsec/y
-0.108"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO120108
SAO120108

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5183 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.8°
Max altitude: 44.7°
Azimuth: 276.2°