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HR5561

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -3.04°   Az: 163.04°   Direction: South-South-East

HR5561 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR5561 visual magnitude is 6.36. Because of its faintness, HR5561 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 HR5561 star
DSS2 image of HR5561. The red arrow shows the motion of HR5561 during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 58m 13s
-39° 31’ 01”
22h 31m 14s
13h 29m 28s

J2000

14h 56m 35s
-39° 24’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

327.79°
17.34°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR5561.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.36
Hypergiant

0.96
A0V
9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR5561 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR5561. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR5561 is distant 392.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

120.48
392.77
-7 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO206110
SAO206110

Visibility from Your Location

HR5561 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK