HR4712

Altitude: -48.3° Azimuth: 89.3° Direction: East

HR4712 is a giant star in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4712 visual magnitude is 5.32. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4712 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR4712:

Color of HR4712 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4712 5.32

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR4712 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -48.3°
Azimuth: 89.3°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4712

HR4712 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4712 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 12h 23m 35s

Declination J2000 -35° 24’ 46”

Galactic Longitude 296.56°

Galactic Latitude 27.11°

Constellation Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4712 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4712.

Visibility of HR4712 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 125.4° RISE 18:25

Max altitude: 3.1° TRANSIT 20:11

Azimuth: 234.6° SET 21:58

RIGHT NOW HR4712 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4712

The image below is a photograph of HR4712 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR4712 is -0.036 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR4712 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 408.52 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.036 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4712

HR4712 belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.17

Spectral Type B9III

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature of HR4712 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

Alternative designations of HR4712

Henry Draper Catalogue HD107832

SAO Catalogue SAO203420

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP60449

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-34 8117

FK5 Catalogue 2992

In Evidence

Other stars in Centaurus