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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:58 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 16:27
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HR5270

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:24 | Tran: 11:10 | Set: 17:57
Alt: 20.43°   Az: 100.55°   Direction: East

HR5270 is a variable sub-giant star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Boötes.

HR5270 visual magnitude is 6.2. Because of its faintness, HR5270 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 HR5270 star
DSS2 image of HR5270. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5270 during the next 1000 years (-3.27 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.05 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 03m 45s
+09° 34’ 03”
19h 23m 33s
09h 27m 18s

J2000

14h 02m 31s
+09° 41’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

350.17°
65.8°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5270 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5270.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.2
Sub-giant

-0.92
F8IV
4996K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5270 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5270. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5270 is distant 867.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

265.96
867.02
-23 km/s
-0.196 arcsec/y
-0.063"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO120251
SAO120251

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5270 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.4°
Max altitude: 48.1°
Azimuth: 279.6°