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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR5296

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -25.46°   Az: 142.76°   Direction: South-East

HR5296 is a variable and double sub-giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5296 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR5296 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 HR5296 star
DSS2 image of HR5296. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5296 during the next 10000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 11m 16s
-51° 37’ 25”
19h 53m 20s
10h 04m 36s

J2000

14h 09m 34s
-51° 30’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

315.12°
9.51°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5296.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Sub-giant

-0.13
B9IV
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5296 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5296. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5296 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5296 double sysyem:

6
9
3
64.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5296 is distant 547.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

168.07
547.90
5 km/s
-0.03 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO241491
SAO241491

Visibility from Your Location

HR5296 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK