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HR4734

Altitude: -10.6°   Azimuth: 174.6°   Direction: South

HR4734 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4734 visual magnitude is 6.26. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4734 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR4734 is -0.633 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.082 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR4734 star
DSS2 image of HR4734. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4734 during the next 1000 years (-10.55 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.37 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR4734

6.26
Main-sequence

HR4734 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -10.6°
Azimuth: 174.6°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4734

HR4734 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 HR4734 are provided in the following table:

12h 26m 48s
-48° 54’ 47”
298.78°
13.76°
Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4734 in the sky:

Finder chart HR4734 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4734.

Visibility of HR4734 from your location

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

HR4734 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Distance of HR4734 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4734 is distant 86.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

26.67 pc
86.93 ly
30 km/s
-0.633 arcsec/year
-0.082 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4734

HR4734 belongs to spectral class G3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

4.13
G3V
5671K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4734 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4734. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4734

SAO223443
SAO223443