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HR5241

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -32.35°   Az: 204.52°   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.

Image of HR5241 star
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

13h 59m 29s
-63° 48’ 29”
03h 30m 22s
17h 29m 52s

J2000

13h 57m 38s
-63° 41’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

310.19°
-1.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5241.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.71
Giant

0.68
K1III
4493K

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

HR 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.

64.06
208.84
22 km/s
-0.044 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO252531
SAO252531

Visibility from Your Location

HR5241 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK