HR4712

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:10 | Tran: 11:54 | Set: 13:38

Alt: -65.00° Az: 60.99° Direction: East-North-East

HR4712 is a giant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4712 visual magnitude is 5.32. Because of its faintness, HR4712 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 HR4712. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4712 during the next 10000 years (-6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 24m 54s

Declination -35° 32’ 59”

Hour Angle 13h 48m 05s

Sidereal Time 02h 12m 59s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 23m 35s

Declination -35° 24’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 296.56°

Galactic Latitude 27.11°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4712.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.32

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.17

Spectral Type B9III

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4712 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4712. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4712 is distant 408.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 125.31

Distance (light year) 408.52

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.036 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD107832

SAO Catalogue SAO203420

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP60449

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-34 8117

FK5 Catalogue 2992

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4712 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 125.5° RISE 10:10

Max altitude: 3.0° TRANSIT 11:54

Azimuth: 234.5° SET 13:38

Set Location

Other stars in Centaurus