HR4487

Below the horizon. Rise: 11:05 | Tran: 17:03 | Set: 23:04

Alt: -8.17° Az: 206.92° Direction: South-South-West

HR4487 is a star of spectral class A in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4487 visual magnitude is 5.15. Because of its faintness, HR4487 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 HR4487. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4487 during the next 10000 years (-11.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 39m 19s

Declination -61° 58’ 03”

Hour Angle 07h 10m 03s

Sidereal Time 18h 49m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 38m 07s

Declination -61° 49’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 294.39°

Galactic Latitude -0.18°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.15

Class

HR4487 is also a HgMn chemically peculiar star.

Absolute magnitude 0.35

Spectral Type A

Color Index (B-V) -0.02

Temperature 10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4487 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4487. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4487 is distant 296.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 91.07

Distance (light year) 296.90

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.071 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD101189

SAO Catalogue SAO251505

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP56754

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-61 2463

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4487 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 152.0° RISE 11:05

Max altitude: 28.0° TRANSIT 17:03

Azimuth: 208.0° SET 23:04

Name:	Cayambe, Ecuador
Latitude:	0° 2' 27.0" N
Longitude:	78° 8' 42.7" W
Timezone:	America/Guayaquil

Set Location

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