HR5337

HR5337 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5337 visual magnitude is 6.55. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5337 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5337:

Color of HR5337 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5337 6.55

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR5337 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5337

HR5337 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5337 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 14h 16m 18s

Declination J2000 -33° 14’ 29”

Galactic Longitude 322.67°

Galactic Latitude 26.36°

Constellation Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5337 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5337.

Visibility of HR5337 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR5337 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.2° RISE 20:34

Max altitude: 5.3° TRANSIT 22:51

Azimuth: 236.8° SET 1:13

RIGHT NOW HR5337 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5337

The image below is a photograph of HR5337 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5337 is 0.022 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.004 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR5337. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5337 during the next 10000 years (3.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5337 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5337 is distant 243.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 74.63 pc

Distance (light year) 243.28 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.022 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.004 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5337

HR5337 belongs to spectral class F0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.19

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.3

Temperature of HR5337 7462K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5337 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5337. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5337

Henry Draper Catalogue HD124780

SAO Catalogue SAO205371

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP69722

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-32 9982

FK5 Catalogue 3132

In Evidence

Other stars in Centaurus