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HR5206

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -23.65°   Az: 222.92°   Direction: South-West

HR5206 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5206 visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, HR5206 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 HR5206 star
DSS2 image of HR5206. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5206 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 53m 22s
-47° 01’ 26”
04h 24m 49s
18h 18m 12s

J2000

13h 51m 47s
-46° 53’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

313.53°
14.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5206.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.77
Main-sequence

-2.01
B2V
12692K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5206 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5206. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5206 is distant 1,172.66 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

359.71
1,172.66
-5 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO224489
SAO224489

Visibility from Your Location

HR5206 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK