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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR5237

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:19 | Tran: 22:58 | Set: 1:40
Alt: -39.22°   Az: 266.86°   Direction: West

HR5237 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5237 visual magnitude is 6.51. Because of its faintness, HR5237 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR5237 star
DSS2 image of HR5237. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5237 during the next 10000 years (-7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 57m 12s
-31° 24’ 30”
07h 39m 59s
21h 37m 11s

J2000

13h 55m 44s
-31° 17’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

318.73°
29.61°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5237.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.51
Giant

0.74
G8III
4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5237 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5237. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5237 is distant 464.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

142.45
464.39
-18 km/s
-0.047 arcsec/y
0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO204994
SAO204994

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5237 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.4°
Max altitude: 7.1°
Azimuth: 238.6°