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HR4714

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -44.93°   Az: 100.12°   Direction: East

HR4714 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4714 visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, HR4714 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 HR4714 star
DSS2 image of HR4714. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4714 during the next 10000 years (-6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 25m 05s
-39° 03’ 05”
16h 15m 18s
04h 40m 24s

J2000

12h 23m 44s
-38° 54’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

297.06°
23.64°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4714.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

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5.79
Main-sequence

0.68
B9V
-0.08
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4714 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4714. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4714 is distant 342.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

105.04
342.44
-8 km/s
-0.036 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

HD107860
SAO203424
SAO203424
HIP60463
CD-38 7701

Visibility from Your Location

HR4714 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK