HR5428

Altitude: -66.1° Azimuth: 324.0° Direction: North-West

HR5428 is a double hypergiant star in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5428 visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5428 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5428:

Color of HR5428 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5428 6.09

Class Hypergiant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR5428 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -66.1°
Azimuth: 324.0°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5428

HR5428 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR5428 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 14h 33m 09s

Declination J2000 -30° 42’ 51”

Galactic Longitude 327.47°

Galactic Latitude 27.27°

Constellation Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5428 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5428.

Visibility of HR5428 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR5428 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 120.7° RISE 19:47

Max altitude: 7.8° TRANSIT 22:33

Azimuth: 239.3° SET 1:22

RIGHT NOW HR5428 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5428

The image below is a photograph of HR5428 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR5428 is 0.04 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.015 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR5428. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5428 during the next 10000 years (6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5428 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5428 is distant 411.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 126.26 pc

Distance (light year) 411.62 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 10 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.04 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.015 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5428

HR5428 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.58

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.03

Temperature of HR5428 4672K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5428 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5428. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR5428 star system properties

HR5428 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5428 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.09

Secondary star magnitude 9.39

Magnitude difference 3.3

Separation 2.5 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR5428

Henry Draper Catalogue HD127624

SAO Catalogue SAO205681

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP71154

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-3011519

In Evidence

Other stars in Centaurus