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public  Nioro, Gambia Nioro, Gambia  ⓘ
TimezoneAfrica/Banjul
Sunrise: 6:41 
Transit: 13:07 
Sunset: 19:33
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HR4668

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:55 | Tran: 18:28 | Set: 1:05
Alt: 67.96°   Az: 334.46°   Direction: North-North-West

HR4668 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

HR4668 visual magnitude is 5. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4668 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 HR4668 star
DSS2 image of HR4668. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4668 during the next 1000 years (-0.88 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.85 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 17m 46s
+32° 55’ 11”
00h 44m 26s
13h 02m 13s

J2000

12h 16m 30s
+33° 03’ 41”

Galactic Coordinates

172.65°
80.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4668.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5
Hypergiant

0.14
K0III
4430K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4668 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4668. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4668 is distant 306.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 42 kilometers per second.

93.90
306.10
-42 km/s
-0.053 arcsec/y
-0.111"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO62928
SAO62928

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4668 rise, transit and set times from Nioro, Gambia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Banjul):

Azimuth: 57.1°
Max altitude: 70.4°
Azimuth: 302.9°