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HR5326

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -61.22°   Az: 127.02°   Direction: South-East

HR5326 is a variable and double bright giant star of spectral class M5 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5326 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its faintness, HR5326 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 HR5326 star
DSS2 image of HR5326. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5326 during the next 10000 years (-3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 18m 24s
-60° 01’ 45”
15h 21m 14s
05h 39m 39s

J2000

14h 16m 34s
-59° 54’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

313.42°
1.21°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5326.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.39
Bright giant

-2.64
M5II
3128K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5326 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5326. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5326 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 HR5326 double sysyem:

6.39
13.29
6.9
28 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5326 is distant 2,089.74 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

641.03
2,089.74
-20 km/s
-0.019 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO241580
SAO241580

Visibility from Your Location

HR5326 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK