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HR5240

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -55.79°   Az: 162.33°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5240 is a giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Apus.

HR5240 visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its faintness, HR5240 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 HR5240 star
DSS2 image of HR5240. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5240 during the next 10000 years (-3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 03m 16s
-78° 42’ 42”
16h 02m 38s
06h 05m 54s

J2000

14h 00m 32s
-78° 35’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

306.44°
-16.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5240.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.09
Giant

-0.65
B9III
9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5240 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5240. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5240 is distant 727.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

223.21
727.68
6 km/s
-0.021 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO257107
SAO257107

Visibility from Your Location

HR5240 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK