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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR5215

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:56 | Tran: 22:53 | Set: 8:53
Alt: 16.05°   Az: 305.87°   Direction: North-West

HR5215 is a variable giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

HR5215 visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its faintness, HR5215 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 HR5215 star
DSS2 image of HR5215. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5215 during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 52m 16s
+34° 32’ 22”
07h 16m 04s
21h 08m 20s

J2000

13h 51m 09s
+34° 39’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

67.1°
75.16°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5215.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.87
Giant

-0.71
M2III
3622K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5215 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5215. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5215 is distant 676.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 40 kilometers per second.

207.47
676.35
-40 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
-0.054"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO63781
SAO63781

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5215 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.5°
Max altitude: 73.1°
Azimuth: 304.5°