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HR5293

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -35.75°   Az: 196.31°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5293 is a multiple bright giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Circinus.

HR5293 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, HR5293 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 HR5293 star
DSS2 image of HR5293. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5293 during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 12m 41s
-70° 25’ 29”
02h 51m 24s
17h 04m 06s

J2000

14h 10m 30s
-70° 18’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

309.55°
-8.46°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5293.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.05
Bright giant

-23.95
K4II
3465K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5293 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5293. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5293 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5293 double sysyem:

6.05
14.55
8.5
5.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5293 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
-1 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO257119
SAO257119

Visibility from Your Location

HR5293 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK