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HR4723

Below the horizon.  Rise: 8:52 | Tran: 12:04 | Set: 15:16
Alt: -48.40°   Az: 73.52°   Direction: East-North-East

HR4723 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4723 visual magnitude is 6.09. Because of its faintness, HR4723 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 HR4723 star
DSS2 image of HR4723. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4723 during the next 100000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 26m 36s
-27° 53’ 10”
15h 04m 20s
03h 30m 56s

J2000

12h 25m 18s
-27° 44’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

295.89°
34.77°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4723 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4723.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.09
Giant

-0.38
K1III
4176K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4723 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4723. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4723 is distant 643.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

197.24
643.00
10 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO180786
SAO180786

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4723 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.9°
Max altitude: 10.6°
Azimuth: 242.1°