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HR5239

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -32.66°   Az: 234.33°   Direction: South-West

HR5239 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5239 visual magnitude is 5.83. Because of its faintness, HR5239 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 HR5239 star
DSS2 image of HR5239. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5239 during the next 1000 years (-2.73 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.27 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 57m 53s
-46° 42’ 48”
05h 43m 56s
19h 41m 49s

J2000

13h 56m 19s
-46° 35’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

314.39°
14.83°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5239.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.83
Giant

1.13
K1III
4430K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5239 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5239. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5239 is distant 283.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

87.11
283.97
-1 km/s
-0.164 arcsec/y
-0.076"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO224555
SAO224555

Visibility from Your Location

HR5239 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK