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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR5356

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:08 | Tran: 23:36 | Set: 3:09
Alt: -6.29°   Az: 124.61°   Direction: South-East

HR5356 is a multiple main-sequence star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR5356 visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its faintness, HR5356 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 HR5356 star
DSS2 image of HR5356. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5356 during the next 1000 years (-6.20 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 20m 28s
-25° 55’ 52”
19h 38m 09s
09h 58m 37s

J2000

14h 19m 00s
-25° 48’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

326.53°
33.01°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5356.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.87
Main-sequence

4.62
F5V
6389K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5356 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5356. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5356 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5356 double sysyem:

5.87
10.97
5.1
64 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5356 is distant 57.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

17.78
57.98
-21 km/s
-0.372 arcsec/y
0.35"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO182433
SAO182433
Gl 542.1A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5356 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.9°
Max altitude: 12.6°
Azimuth: 244.1°