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HR5392

Altitude: 32.3°   Azimuth: 233.0°   Direction: South-West

HR5392 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5392 visual magnitude is 5.1. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5392 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 HR5392:

5.1
Main-sequence

HR5392 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 32.3°
Azimuth: 233.0°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5392

HR5392 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5392 are provided in the following table:

14h 24m 11s
+05° 49’ 12”
353.1°
59.33°
Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5392 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5392 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5392.

Visibility of HR5392 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 HR5392 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: 84.2°
Max altitude: 44.3°
Azimuth: 275.8°
HR5392 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5392

The image below is a photograph of HR5392 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 HR5392 is -0.077 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.005 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR5392 star
DSS2 image of HR5392. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5392 during the next 10000 years (-12.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5392 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5392 is distant 151.21 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

46.38 pc
151.21 ly
-10 km/s
-0.077 arcsec/year
0.005 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5392

HR5392 belongs to spectral class A5 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

1.77
A5V
8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5392 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5392. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5392

SAO120434
SAO120434