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HR5205

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:42 | Tran: 15:07 | Set: 21:32
Alt: -31.62°   Az: 18.15°   Direction: North-North-East

HR5205 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5205 visual magnitude is 6.01. Because of its faintness, HR5205 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 HR5205 star
DSS2 image of HR5205. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5205 during the next 100000 years (15.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 51m 39s
+05° 22’ 31”
13h 01m 48s
02h 53m 27s

J2000

13h 50m 24s
+05° 29’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

338.54°
64.21°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5205 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5205.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.01
Hypergiant

0.55
K0
4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5205 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5205. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5205 is distant 402.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

123.61
402.97
-24 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO120132
SAO120132

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5205 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.6°
Max altitude: 43.9°
Azimuth: 275.4°