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HR5268

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:57 | Tran: 15:32 | Set: 18:06
Alt: -28.36°   Az: 106.47°   Direction: East-South-East

HR5268 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5268 visual magnitude is 6.18. Because of its faintness, HR5268 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 HR5268 star
DSS2 image of HR5268. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5268 during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 04m 28s
-31° 48’ 06”
17h 32m 48s
07h 37m 16s

J2000

14h 03m 01s
-31° 41’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

320.29°
28.76°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5268 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5268.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.18
Main-sequence

3.27
F8V
6481K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5268 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5268. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5268 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5268 double sysyem:

6.18
7.28
1.1
2.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5268 is distant 124.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

38.27
124.76
5 km/s
0.022 arcsec/y
0.083"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO205123
SAO205123

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5268 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.8°
Max altitude: 6.7°
Azimuth: 238.2°