HR5241

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:25 | Tran: 19:26 | Set: 1:24

Alt: 7.59° Az: 205.13° Direction: South-South-West

HR5241 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5241 visual magnitude is 4.71. Because of its moderate brightness, HR5241 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of HR5241. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5241 during the next 10000 years (-7.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 59m 31s

Declination -63° 48’ 36”

Hour Angle 04h 50m 00s

Sidereal Time 18h 49m 31s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 57m 38s

Declination -63° 41’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 310.19°

Galactic Latitude -1.75°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.71

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.68

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.11

Temperature 4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5241 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5241. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5241 is distant 208.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 64.06

Distance (light year) 208.84

Radial Speed 22 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.044 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD121474

SAO Catalogue SAO252531

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP68191

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-63 3070

FK5 Catalogue 514

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5241 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 153.8° RISE 13:25

Max altitude: 26.1° TRANSIT 19:26

Azimuth: 206.2° SET 1:24

Name:	Cayambe, Ecuador
Latitude:	0° 2' 27.0" N
Longitude:	78° 8' 42.7" W
Timezone:	America/Guayaquil

Set Location

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