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HR4499

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -29.54°   Az: 202.91°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4499 is a supergiant star of spectral class G3 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4499 visual magnitude is 4.94. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4499 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR4499 star
DSS2 image of HR4499. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4499 during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 42m 04s
-62° 13’ 37”
03h 06m 31s
14h 48m 35s

J2000

11h 40m 53s
-62° 05’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

294.78°
-0.34°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4499 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4499.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.94
Supergiant

-1.81
G3I
4409K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4499 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4499. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4499 is distant 729.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

223.71
729.31
14 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO251535
SAO251535

Visibility from Your Location

HR4499 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK