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public  Aurora, Philippines Aurora, Philippines  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:36 
Transit: 12:00 
Sunset: 18:25
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HR4769

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:39 | Tran: 17:15 | Set: 19:50
Alt: -7.12°   Az: 164.03°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4769 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Musca.

HR4769 visual magnitude is 5.88. Because of its faintness, HR4769 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 HR4769 star
DSS2 image of HR4769. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4769 during the next 10000 years (6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 33m 44s
-73° 08’ 32”
19h 18m 44s
07h 52m 29s

J2000

12h 32m 09s
-73° 00’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

301.5°
-10.18°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4769.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.88
Giant

0.78
K1III
4493K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4769 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4769. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4769 is distant 341.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

104.71
341.36
5 km/s
0.038 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO256954
SAO256954

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4769 rise, transit and set times from Aurora, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 163.1°
Max altitude: 3.6°
Azimuth: 196.9°