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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:58 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:27
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HR5254

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:53 | Tran: 11:07 | Set: 18:20
Alt: 47.48°   Az: 140.71°   Direction: South-East

HR5254 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Boötes.

HR5254 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR5254 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 HR5254 star
DSS2 image of HR5254. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5254 during the next 10000 years (-10.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 59m 51s
+14° 31’ 46”
22h 15m 02s
12h 14m 54s

J2000

13h 58m 39s
+14° 38’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

357.75°
69.98°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5254 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5254.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Giant

-0.06
K5III
3886K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5254 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5254. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5254 is distant 530.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

162.87
530.94
-41 km/s
-0.061 arcsec/y
-0.056"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO100801
SAO100801

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5254 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.5°
Max altitude: 53.0°
Azimuth: 284.5°