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HR5398

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -78.42°   Az: 317.24°   Direction: North-West

HR5398 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5398 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR5398 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 HR5398 star
DSS2 image of HR5398. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5398 during the next 1000 years (-2.05 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.18 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 27m 50s
-42° 25’ 58”
11h 17m 27s
01h 45m 17s

J2000

14h 26m 13s
-42° 19’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

321.06°
17.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5398.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

⬤
6.32
Giant

1.40
K2III
1.19
4328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5398 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5398. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5398 is distant 314.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 33 kilometers per second.

96.34
314.07
-33 km/s
-0.123 arcsec/y
-0.071"/y

Alternative Designations

HD126386
SAO224923
SAO224923
HIP70580
CD-41 8757

Visibility from Your Location

HR5398 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK