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HR5427

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -86.77°   Az: 115.75°   Direction: East-South-East

HR5427 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5427 visual magnitude is 5.87. Because of its faintness, HR5427 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 HR5427 star
DSS2 image of HR5427. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5427 during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 35m 12s
-52° 47’ 15”
12h 19m 15s
02h 54m 28s

J2000

14h 33m 29s
-52° 40’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

318.19°
7.14°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR5427 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5427.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.87
Hypergiant

0.77
K0III
4537K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5427 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5427. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5427 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5427 double sysyem:

5.87
13.97
8.1
20 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5427 is distant 341.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 42 kilometers per second.

104.60
341.00
-42 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO241793
SAO241793

Visibility from Your Location

HR5427 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK