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HR5403

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -39.76°   Az: 138.68°   Direction: South-East

HR5403 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5403 visual magnitude is 6.45. Because of its faintness, HR5403 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 HR5403 star
DSS2 image of HR5403. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5403 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 30m 36s
-59° 18’ 38”
18h 24m 02s
08h 54m 39s

J2000

14h 28m 43s
-59° 11’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

315.11°
1.35°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5403.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

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6.45
Hypergiant

-23.55
A0II
0.14
8658K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5403 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5403. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5403 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
2 km/s
-0.011 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

HD126610
SAO241737
SAO241737
HIP70798
CP-58 5549

Visibility from Your Location

HR5403 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK