HR5265

Altitude: -33.9° Azimuth: 92.7° Direction: East

HR5265 is a giant star in the constellation of Hydra.

HR5265 visual magnitude is 5.48. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5265 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 HR5265:

Color of HR5265 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5265 5.48

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR5265 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -33.9°
Azimuth: 92.7°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5265

HR5265 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5265 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 14h 02m 22s

Declination J2000 -27° 25’ 47”

Galactic Longitude 321.7°

Galactic Latitude 32.84°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5265 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5265.

Visibility of HR5265 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 HR5265 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: 117.4° RISE 18:54

Max altitude: 11.1° TRANSIT 22:10

Azimuth: 242.6° SET 1:30

RIGHT NOW HR5265 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5265

The image below is a photograph of HR5265 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 HR5265 is -0.033 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR5265. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5265 during the next 10000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5265 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5265 is distant 434.09 light years from the Sun

Distance (parsec) 133.16 pc

Distance (light year) 434.09 ly

Proper Motion RA -0.033 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5265

HR5265 belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.14

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.34

Temperature of HR5265 4051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5265 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5265. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5265

Henry Draper Catalogue HD122430

SAO Catalogue SAO182182

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP68581

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-2610060

In Evidence

Other stars in Hydra