HR5237

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:56 | Tran: 13:34 | Set: 16:13

Alt: -27.34° Az: 107.00° Direction: East-South-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 13h 57m 10s

Declination -31° 24’ 19”

Hour Angle 17h 37m 42s

Sideral Time 07h 34m 52s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 55m 44s

Declination -31° 17’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 318.73°

Galactic Latitude 29.61°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5237.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.51

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.74

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.9

Temperature 4996K

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

Distance (parsec) 142.45

Distance (light year) 464.39

Radial Speed -18 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.047 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD121397

SAO Catalogue SAO204994

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP68021

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3011015

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° RISE 10:56

Max altitude: 7.1° TRANSIT 13:34

Azimuth: 238.6° SET 16:13

Set Location

Other stars in Centaurus