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HR5224

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:43 | Tran: 4:29 | Set: 6:15
Alt: 0.81°   Az: 161.58°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5224 is a sub-giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5224 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR5224 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 HR5224 star
DSS2 image of HR5224. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5224 during the next 1000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.25 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 55m 20s
-35° 26’ 13”
22h 28m 43s
12h 24m 04s

J2000

13h 53m 52s
-35° 18’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

317.06°
25.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5224.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Sub-giant

2.15
K1IV
4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5224 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5224. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5224 is distant 209.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

64.39
209.92
5 km/s
-0.27 arcsec/y
-0.075"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO204963
SAO204963

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5224 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 125.4°
Max altitude: 3.1°
Azimuth: 234.6°