HR5228

Altitude: -53.2° Azimuth: 293.4° Direction: West-North-West

HR5228 is a giant star in the constellation of Hydra.

HR5228 visual magnitude is 6.04. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5228 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 HR5228:

Color of HR5228 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5228 6.04

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR5228 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -53.2°
Azimuth: 293.4°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5228

HR5228 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5228 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 54m 16s

Declination J2000 -28° 34’ 10”

Galactic Longitude 319.27°

Galactic Latitude 32.3°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5228 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5228.

Visibility of HR5228 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 HR5228 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: 118.6° RISE 5:36

Max altitude: 10.0° TRANSIT 8:42

Azimuth: 241.4° SET 11:49

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5228

The image below is a photograph of HR5228 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 HR5228 is -0.17 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.069 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR5228. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5228 during the next 1000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.15 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5228 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5228 is distant 206.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 63.29 pc

Distance (light year) 206.33 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.17 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.069 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5228

HR5228 belongs to spectral class K2 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.03

Spectral Type K2III

Color Index (B-V) 1.13

Temperature of HR5228 4451K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5228 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5228. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5228

Henry Draper Catalogue HD121156

SAO Catalogue SAO182065

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP67890

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-27 9478

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