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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR4687

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 37.44°   Az: 7.38°   Direction: North

HR4687 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Draco.

HR4687 visual magnitude is 5.38. Because of its faintness, HR4687 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 HR4687 star
DSS2 image of HR4687. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4687 during the next 10000 years (-6.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 19m 57s
+75° 01’ 10”
13h 32m 59s
01h 52m 56s

J2000

12h 18m 49s
+75° 09’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

125.72°
41.79°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4687.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.38
Main-sequence

0.64
A1V
10382K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4687 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4687. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4687 is distant 288.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

88.57
288.75
-3 km/s
-0.04 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO7540
SAO7540

Visibility from Your Location

HR4687 is circumpolar and transits at 19:49 UTC (altitude: 66.5°)