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HR4487

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -52.08°   Az: 133.92°   Direction: South-East

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.

Image of HR4487 star
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

11h 39m 18s
-61° 57’ 56”
16h 41m 33s
04h 20m 52s

J2000

11h 38m 07s
-61° 49’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

294.39°
-0.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4487.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.15
HR4487 is also a HgMn chemically peculiar star.

0.35
A
10382K

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

HR 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.

91.07
296.90
4 km/s
-0.071 arcsec/y
0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO251505
SAO251505

Visibility from Your Location

HR4487 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK