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Sunset: 17:01
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HR5313

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:45 | Tran: 4:59 | Set: 11:08
Alt: 19.06°   Az: 248.53°   Direction: West-South-West

HR5313 is a variable and double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5313 visual magnitude is 5.01. Because of its faintness, HR5313 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 HR5313 star
DSS2 image of HR5313. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5313 during the next 10000 years (-7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 13m 32s
+02° 17’ 33”
04h 06m 42s
18h 20m 14s

J2000

14h 12m 15s
+02° 24’ 33”

Galactic Coordinates

344.43°
58.61°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5313.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.01
Hypergiant
HR5313 is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

0.49
A0V
11920K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5313 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5313. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5313 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 HR5313 double sysyem:

5.01
11.51
6.5
59.9 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5313 is distant 261.85 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

80.32
261.85
-2 km/s
-0.042 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO120339
SAO120339

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5313 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 87.7°
Max altitude: 40.8°
Azimuth: 272.3°