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HR5205

Altitude: -12.1°   Azimuth: 295.2°   Direction: West-North-West

HR5205 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5205 visual magnitude is 6.01. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5205 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5205:

6.01
Hypergiant

HR5205 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -12.1°
Azimuth: 295.2°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5205

HR5205 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5205 are provided in the following table:

13h 50m 24s
+05° 29’ 49”
338.54°
64.21°
Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5205 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5205 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5205.

Visibility of HR5205 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 84.5°
Max altitude: 44.0°
Azimuth: 275.5°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5205

The image below is a photograph of HR5205 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5205 is 0.009 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 100000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR5205 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
402.97 ly
-24 km/s
0.009 arcsec/year
-0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5205

HR5205 belongs to spectral class K0

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

Alternative designations of HR5205

SAO120132
SAO120132