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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR5279

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -60.47°   Az: 201.79°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5279 is a sub-giant star of spectral class G2 in the constellation of Apus.

HR5279 visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, HR5279 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 HR5279 star
DSS2 image of HR5279. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5279 during the next 1000 years (-4.20 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.98 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 10m 52s
-74° 58’ 10”
09h 00m 30s
23h 11m 23s

J2000

14h 08m 27s
-74° 51’ 01”

Galactic Coordinates

308°
-12.75°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5279.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.02
Sub-giant

3.73
G2IV
6047K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5279 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5279. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5279 is distant 93.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

28.68
93.49
-22 km/s
-0.252 arcsec/y
0.179"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO257116
SAO257116
Gl 539.1

Visibility from Your Location

HR5279 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK