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HR5230

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -25.15°   Az: 215.57°   Direction: South-West

HR5230 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5230 visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, HR5230 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 HR5230 star
DSS2 image of HR5230. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5230 during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 56m 51s
-52° 17’ 04”
03h 57m 34s
17h 54m 26s

J2000

13h 55m 12s
-52° 09’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

312.77°
9.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5230.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.71
Main-sequence

0.61
B9V
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5230 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5230. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5230 is distant 341.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

104.82
341.72
23 km/s
-0.027 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO241294
SAO241294

Visibility from Your Location

HR5230 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK