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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:12 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:41
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HR5474

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:32 | Tran: 0:15 | Set: 3:02
Alt: 7.48°   Az: 179.78°   Direction: South

HR5474 is a double star of spectral class A in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5474 visual magnitude is 6.37. Because of its faintness, HR5474 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 HR5474 star
DSS2 image of HR5474. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5474 during the next 10000 years (-5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 43m 22s
-31° 02’ 25”
23h 58m 57s
14h 42m 20s

J2000

14h 41m 51s
-30° 55’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

329.23°
26.24°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5474.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.37
HR5474 is also a Si chemically peculiar star.

-1.23
A
11407K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5474 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5474. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR5474 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR5474 double sysyem:

6.37
7.27
0.9
1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5474 is distant 1,079.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

331.13
1,079.47
-11 km/s
-0.031 arcsec/y
-0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO205841
SAO205841

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5474 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.0°
Max altitude: 7.5°
Azimuth: 239.0°