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public  Eustaquio Lopez, Philippines Eustaquio Lopez, Philippine...  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:33 
Transit: 11:53 
Sunset: 18:13
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HR4736

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:28 | Tran: 16:54 | Set: 21:21
Alt: 15.18°   Az: 178.03°   Direction: South

HR4736 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Crux.

HR4736 visual magnitude is 6. Because of its faintness, HR4736 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 HR4736 star
DSS2 image of HR4736. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4736 during the next 10000 years (-5.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 28m 51s
-63° 55’ 48”
23h 42m 39s
12h 11m 31s

J2000

12h 27m 24s
-63° 47’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

300.28°
-1.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4736.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6
Sub-giant

-0.52
B8IV
9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4736 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4736. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4736 is distant 657.26 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 42 kilometers per second.

201.61
657.26
42 km/s
-0.035 arcsec/y
-0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO251911
SAO251911

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4736 rise, transit and set times from Eustaquio Lopez, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 153.9°
Max altitude: 15.3°
Azimuth: 206.1°