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HR5450

Altitude: -71.7°   Azimuth: 276.4°   Direction: West

HR5450 is a multiple giant star in the constellation of Lupus.

HR5450 visual magnitude is 5.41. Because of its reltive faintness, HR5450 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 HR5450:

5.41
Giant

HR5450 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -71.7°
Azimuth: 276.4°
Direction: West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5450

HR5450 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 HR5450 are provided in the following table:

14h 37m 20s
-46° 08’ 02”
321.41°
12.9°
Lupus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5450 in the sky:

Finder chart HR5450 star
Simplified finder chart for HR5450.

Visibility of HR5450 from your location

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

HR5450 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5450

The image below is a photograph of HR5450 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 HR5450 is -0.014 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.02 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR5450 star
DSS2 image of HR5450. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5450 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5450 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5450 is distant 1,336.07 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

409.84 pc
1,336.07 ly
-16 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/year
-0.02 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5450

HR5450 belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-2.65
G8III
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5450 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5450. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5450

SAO225062
SAO225062