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HR5378

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -59.75°   Az: 276.97°   Direction: West

HR5378 is a variable giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5378 visual magnitude is 4.42. Because of its moderate brightness, HR5378 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR5378 star
DSS2 image of HR5378. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5378 during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 24m 34s
-39° 37’ 25”
09h 18m 02s
23h 42m 37s

J2000

14h 23m 02s
-39° 30’ 43”

Galactic Coordinates

321.57°
20.02°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5378 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5378.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.42
Giant

-1.12
B7III
13121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5378 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5378. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5378 is distant 418.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

128.37
418.49
8 km/s
-0.027 arcsec/y
-0.032"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO205497
SAO205497

Visibility from Your Location

HR5378 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK