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HR5424

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:44 | Tran: 5:09 | Set: 11:31
Alt: 40.24°   Az: 153.14°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5424 is a double giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR5424 visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, HR5424 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 HR5424 star
DSS2 image of HR5424. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5424 during the next 10000 years (1.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 32m 00s
+04° 39’ 42”
22h 39m 01s
13h 11m 02s

J2000

14h 30m 45s
+04° 46’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

353.97°
57.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5424.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.02
Giant

-1.58
K4
3918K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5424 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5424. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5424 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5424 double sysyem:

6.02
9.52
3.5
55.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5424 is distant 1,079.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

331.13
1,079.47
6 km/s
0.009 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO120504
SAO120504

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5424 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 85.3°
Max altitude: 43.2°
Azimuth: 274.7°