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HR5245

Altitude: 70.5°   Azimuth: 181.7°   Direction: South

HR5245 is a sub-giant star in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

HR5245 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5245 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5245:

6.32
Sub-giant

HR5245 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 70.5°
Azimuth: 181.7°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5245

HR5245 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5245 are provided in the following table:

13h 56m 10s
+32° 01’ 56”
56.03°
75.11°
Canes Venatici

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5245 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5245 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5245.

Visibility of HR5245 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR5245 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.0°
Max altitude: 70.6°
Azimuth: 302.0°
HR5245 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5245

The image below is a photograph of HR5245 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5245 is -0.118 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.048 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR5245 star
DSS2 image of HR5245. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5245 during the next 1000 years (-1.97 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.80 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5245 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5245 is distant 236.06 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

72.41 pc
236.06 ly
-22 km/s
-0.118 arcsec/year
0.048 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5245

HR5245 belongs to spectral class F4 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a sub-giant star.

2.02
F4IV
7044K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5245 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5245. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5245

SAO63837
SAO63837