HR5508

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:26 | Tran: 15:48 | Set: 16:10

Alt: -35.85° Az: 108.81° Direction: East-South-East

HR5508 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5508 visual magnitude is 5.94. Because of its faintness, HR5508 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.

DSS2 image of HR5508. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5508 during the next 10000 years (8.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -15.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 14h 48m 38s

Declination -38° 23’ 35”

Hour Angle 17h 12m 48s

Sideral Time 08h 01m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 14h 47m 05s

Declination -38° 17’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 326.62°

Galactic Latitude 19.2°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR5508.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.94

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.21

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.33

Temperature 4069K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5508 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR5508. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5508 is distant 554.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 41 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 170.07

Distance (light year) 554.42

Radial Speed 41 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.052 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.09"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD130055

SAO Catalogue SAO205937

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP72296

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 9686

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR5508 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.4° RISE 15:26

Max altitude: 0.1° TRANSIT 15:48

Azimuth: 231.6° SET 16:10

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Centaurus