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Transit: 12:54 
Sunset: 19:07
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HR5272

Below the horizon.  Rise: 11:24 | Tran: 15:17 | Set: 19:10
Alt: -58.77°   Az: 332.20°   Direction: North-North-West

HR5272 is a giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5272 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR5272 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 HR5272 star
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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 05m 16s
-22° 32’ 21”
10h 59m 16s
01h 04m 32s

J2000

14h 03m 53s
-22° 25’ 18”

Galactic Coordinates

324.15°
37.45°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5272 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5272.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Giant

1.86
F5III
6625K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

77.34
252.13
-19 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO182204
SAO182204

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5272 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.5°
Max altitude: 16.0°
Azimuth: 247.5°