HR5471

Altitude: -65.0° Azimuth: 68.5° Direction: East-North-East

HR5471 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5471 visual magnitude is 4. Because of its moderate brightness, HR5471 should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR5471:

Color of HR5471 ⬤

Magnitude of HR5471 4

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR5471 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -65.0°
Azimuth: 68.5°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR5471

HR5471 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 HR5471 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 14h 41m 57s

Declination J2000 -37° 47’ 36”

Galactic Longitude 325.9°

Galactic Latitude 20.1°

Constellation Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR5471 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR5471.

Visibility of HR5471 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 HR5471 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: 127.8° RISE 21:38

Max altitude: 0.7° TRANSIT 22:29

Azimuth: 232.2° SET 23:21

RIGHT NOW HR5471 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR5471

The image below is a photograph of HR5471 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 HR5471 is -0.023 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.032 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR5471. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5471 during the next 10000 years (-3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR5471 from the Sun and relative movement

HR5471 is distant 304.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 93.55 pc

Distance (light year) 304.96 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.023 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.032 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR5471

HR5471 belongs to spectral class B3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude -0.86

Spectral Type B3V

Color Index (B-V) -0.17

Temperature of HR5471 12902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5471 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5471. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR5471

Henry Draper Catalogue HD129116

SAO Catalogue SAO205839

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP71865

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 9618

In Evidence

Other stars in Centaurus