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TimezoneAmerica/Los_Angeles
Sunrise: 5:57 
Transit: 13:14 
Sunset: 20:30
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HR5301

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:57 | Tran: 20:07 | Set: 1:13
Alt: 32.28°   Az: 205.19°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5301 is a variable giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5301 visual magnitude is 4.91. Because of its moderate brightness, HR5301 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 HR5301 star
DSS2 image of HR5301. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5301 during the next 100000 years (10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 12m 14s
-16° 25’ 16”
01h 28m 08s
15h 40m 22s

J2000

14h 10m 50s
-16° 18’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

329.16°
42.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5301.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.91
Giant

-1.19
M2III
3490K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5301 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5301. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5301 is distant 541.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

166.11
541.53
18 km/s
0.006 arcsec/y
-0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO158401
SAO158401

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5301 rise, transit and set times from Palo Alto, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Los_Angeles):

Azimuth: 106.4°
Max altitude: 36.1°
Azimuth: 253.6°