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Sunset: 15:50
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HR4722

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:22 | Tran: 7:20 | Set: 12:18
Alt: -49.28°   Az: 16.62°   Direction: North-North-East

HR4722 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A1 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR4722 visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, HR4722 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 HR4722 star
DSS2 image of HR4722. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4722 during the next 10000 years (-10.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 26m 29s
-11° 44’ 53”
12h 43m 56s
01h 10m 25s

J2000

12h 25m 11s
-11° 36’ 37”

Galactic Coordinates

292.75°
50.74°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4722.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.95
Main-sequence

1.90
A1V
9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4722 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4722. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4722 is distant 210.46 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

64.56
210.46
-3 km/s
-0.065 arcsec/y
-0.023"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO157272
SAO157272

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4722 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.7°
Max altitude: 26.8°
Azimuth: 258.3°