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HR4748

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -25.72°   Az: 121.38°   Direction: East-South-East

HR4748 is a main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4748 visual magnitude is 5.44. Because of its faintness, HR4748 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 HR4748 star
DSS2 image of HR4748. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4748 during the next 10000 years (-3.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 29m 44s
-39° 10’ 53”
18h 28m 40s
06h 58m 24s

J2000

12h 28m 22s
-39° 02’ 29”

Galactic Coordinates

298.05°
23.61°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4748.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

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5.44
Main-sequence

-0.14
B8V
-0.08
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4748 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4748. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4748 is distant 426.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

130.89
426.70
5 km/s
-0.023 arcsec/y
-0.017"/y

Alternative Designations

HD108541
SAO203508
SAO203508
HIP60855
CD-38 7753
1320

Visibility from Your Location

HR4748 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK