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public  Cayambe, Ecuador Cayambe, Ecuador  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Guayaquil
Sunrise: 6:14 
Transit: 12:16 
Sunset: 18:19
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HR5198

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:17 | Tran: 19:19 | Set: 1:17
Alt: 11.84°   Az: 228.91°   Direction: South-West

HR5198 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5198 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its faintness, HR5198 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 HR5198 star
DSS2 image of HR5198. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5198 during the next 10000 years (1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 51m 51s
-40° 01’ 36”
04h 57m 41s
18h 49m 32s

J2000

13h 50m 19s
-39° 54’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

315.03°
21.58°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5198.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.44
Giant

1.18
K1III
4767K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5198 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5198. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5198 is distant 366.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

112.49
366.70
-4 km/s
0.007 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO204888
SAO204888

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5198 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 130.0°
Max altitude: 49.9°
Azimuth: 230.0°