HR5258

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:04 | Tran: 20:44 | Set: 2:27

Alt: -6.28° Az: 271.99° Direction: South-West

HR5258 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5258 visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its faintness, HR5258 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.

DSS2 image of HR5258. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5258 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -9.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 01m 08s

Declination -03° 40’ 20”

Hour Angle 06h 21m 52s

Sidereal Time 20h 23m 01s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 59m 49s

Declination -03° 32’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 333.84°

Galactic Latitude 55.17°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5258.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.4

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 1.95

Spectral Type F8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.49

Temperature 6435K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5258 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5258. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5258 is distant 252.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 77.58

Distance (light year) 252.91

Radial Speed -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.025 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.058"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD122106

SAO Catalogue SAO139666

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP68380

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-02 3768

FK5 Catalogue 1362

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5258 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.7° RISE 15:04

Max altitude: 34.8° TRANSIT 20:44

Azimuth: 266.3° SET 2:27

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo