HR5272

Altitude: 15.8° Azimuth: 187.7° Direction: South

HR5272 is a giant star in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5272 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5272 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 HR5272:

Color of HR5272 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5272 6.3

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR5272 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 15.8°
Azimuth: 187.7°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5272

HR5272 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5272 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 14h 03m 53s

Declination J2000 -22° 25’ 18”

Galactic Longitude 324.15°

Galactic Latitude 37.45°

Constellation Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5272 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5272.

Visibility of HR5272 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 HR5272 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: 112.4° RISE 5:06

Max altitude: 16.1° TRANSIT 9:00

Azimuth: 247.6° SET 12:54

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5272

The image below is a photograph of HR5272 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 HR5272 is -0.012 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.013 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR5272. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5272 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5272 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5272 is distant 252.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 77.34 pc

Distance (light year) 252.13 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -19 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.012 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.013 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5272

HR5272 belongs to spectral class F5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.86

Spectral Type F5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.45

Temperature of HR5272 6625K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5272 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5272. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5272

Henry Draper Catalogue HD122703

SAO Catalogue SAO182204

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP68705

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-21 3824

FK5 Catalogue 3117

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