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HR5421

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -26.87°   Az: 150.81°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5421 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5421 visual magnitude is 6.93. Because of its faintness, HR5421 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR5421 star
DSS2 image of HR5421. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5421 during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 34m 20s
-56° 59’ 44”
20h 27m 58s
11h 02m 18s

J2000

14h 32m 32s
-56° 53’ 16”

Galactic Coordinates

316.44°
3.31°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5421 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5421.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.93
Supergiant

-9.58
F5I
4970K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5421 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5421. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5421 is distant 65,200.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

20,000.00
65,200.00
-22 km/s
-0.027 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO241777
SAO241777

Visibility from Your Location

HR5421 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK