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public  Cayambe, Ecuador Cayambe, Ecuador  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Guayaquil
Sunrise: 6:14 
Transit: 12:16 
Sunset: 18:19
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HR5236

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:23 | Tran: 19:25 | Set: 1:23
Alt: 9.76°   Az: 213.95°   Direction: South-West

HR5236 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5236 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR5236 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 HR5236 star
DSS2 image of HR5236. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5236 during the next 1000 years (-0.63 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.60 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 58m 15s
-54° 49’ 41”
04h 51m 16s
18h 49m 31s

J2000

13h 56m 33s
-54° 42’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

312.32°
6.98°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5236.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Sub-giant

3.09
G6IV
5342K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5236 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5236. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5236 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5236 double sysyem:

6
12.9
6.9
33 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5236 is distant 124.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

38.11
124.24
5 km/s
-0.038 arcsec/y
-0.216"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO241315
SAO241315
Gl 534.1A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5236 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 144.8°
Max altitude: 35.1°
Azimuth: 215.2°