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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR5308

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -21.51°   Az: 206.19°   Direction: South-South-West

HR5308 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5308 visual magnitude is 5.56. Because of its faintness, HR5308 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 HR5308 star
DSS2 image of HR5308. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5308 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 15m 00s
-53° 47’ 01”
02h 56m 06s
17h 11m 06s

J2000

14h 13m 16s
-53° 39’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

314.98°
7.28°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5308.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.56
Giant

-3.96
K5III
3886K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5308 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5308. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5308 is distant 2,608.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

800.00
2,608.00
-3 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO241543
SAO241543

Visibility from Your Location

HR5308 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK