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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:10 
Transit: 12:13 
Sunset: 17:18
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HR4772

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:07 | Tran: 2:43 | Set: 8:15
Alt: -42.75°   Az: 15.51°   Direction: North-North-East

HR4772 is a giant star of spectral class G9 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR4772 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR4772 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 HR4772 star
DSS2 image of HR4772. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4772 during the next 10000 years (-6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 5.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 32m 56s
-05° 11’ 27”
12h 45m 28s
01h 18m 25s

J2000

12h 31m 38s
-05° 03’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

293.74°
57.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4772.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Giant

0.74
G9
4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4772 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4772. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4772 is distant 401.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

123.30
401.97
2 km/s
-0.038 arcsec/y
0.031"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO138832
SAO138832

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4772 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.2°
Max altitude: 33.3°
Azimuth: 264.8°