HR5281

Above the horizon. Rise: 13:33 | Tran: 19:35 | Set: 1:33

Alt: 9.71° Az: 208.69° Direction: South-South-West

HR5281 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class B0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5281 visual magnitude is 6.42. Because of its faintness, HR5281 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.

DSS2 image of HR5281. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5281 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 08m 14s

Declination -59° 50’ 10”

Hour Angle 04h 41m 17s

Sidereal Time 18h 49m 31s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 06m 25s

Declination -59° 42’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 312.26°

Galactic Latitude 1.79°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.42

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -23.58

Spectral Type B0I

Color Index (B-V) 0.12

Temperature 8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5281 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5281. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5281 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 10,000,000.00

Distance (light year) 32,600,000.00

Radial Speed 2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD122879

SAO Catalogue SAO241439

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP68902

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-59 5395

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 6544

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5281 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 149.8° RISE 13:33

Max altitude: 30.1° TRANSIT 19:35

Azimuth: 210.2° SET 1:33

Name:	Cayambe, Ecuador
Latitude:	0° 2' 27.0" N
Longitude:	78° 8' 42.7" W
Timezone:	America/Guayaquil

Set Location

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