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public  South Grafton, Australia South Grafton, Australia  ⓘ
TimezoneAustralia/Sydney
Sunrise: 6:45 
Transit: 11:52 
Sunset: 16:59
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HR5297

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:53 | Tran: 19:17 | Set: 4:36
Alt: 3.33°   Az: 206.54°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5297 is a double giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5297 visual magnitude is 4.75. Because of its moderate brightness, HR5297 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR5297 star
DSS2 image of HR5297. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5297 during the next 1000 years (-2.43 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.60 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 11m 38s
-53° 33’ 31”
08h 45m 15s
22h 56m 53s

J2000

14h 09m 54s
-53° 26’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

314.58°
7.65°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5297.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.75
Giant

1.02
G9III
4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5297 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5297. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5297 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 HR5297 double sysyem:

4.75
13.95
9.2
27.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5297 is distant 181.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

55.77
181.82
-16 km/s
-0.146 arcsec/y
-0.096"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO241496
SAO241496

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5297 rise, transit and set times from South Grafton, Australia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Australia/Sydney):

Azimuth: 143.6°
Max altitude: 66.1°
Azimuth: 216.4°