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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:30 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 19:21
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HR5209

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:49 | Tran: 15:28 | Set: 19:07
Alt: 12.68°   Az: 195.09°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5209 is a main-sequence star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR5209 visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, HR5209 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 HR5209 star
DSS2 image of HR5209. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5209 during the next 1000 years (-9.53 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.03 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 52m 43s
-24° 30’ 43”
01h 04m 50s
14h 57m 33s

J2000

13h 51m 20s
-24° 23’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

319.96°
36.49°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5209 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5209.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.45
Main-sequence

4.95
G5V
5636K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5209 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5209. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5209 is distant 64.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

19.92
64.94
2 km/s
-0.572 arcsec/y
-0.302"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO182026
SAO182026

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5209 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 114.5°
Max altitude: 14.0°
Azimuth: 245.5°