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HR5266

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -23.20°   Az: 203.72°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5266 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5266 visual magnitude is 5.92. Because of its faintness, HR5266 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 HR5266 star
DSS2 image of HR5266. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5266 during the next 10000 years (-13.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 05m 07s
-56° 19’ 53”
02h 47m 20s
16h 52m 28s

J2000

14h 03m 26s
-56° 12’ 48”

Galactic Coordinates

312.87°
5.26°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5266 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5266.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.92
Giant

-0.14
K2III
4270K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5266 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5266. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5266 is distant 530.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

162.60
530.08
17 km/s
-0.083 arcsec/y
-0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO241403
SAO241403

Visibility from Your Location

HR5266 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK