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TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:50 
Transit: 12:35 
Sunset: 19:21
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HR4779

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:16 | Tran: 17:50 | Set: 23:24
Alt: 4.53°   Az: 106.48°   Direction: East-South-East

HR4779 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Corvus.

HR4779 visual magnitude is 5.58. Because of its faintness, HR4779 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 HR4779 star
DSS2 image of HR4779. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4779 during the next 10000 years (-2.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 34m 53s
-12° 58’ 14”
18h 44m 49s
07h 19m 43s

J2000

12h 33m 34s
-12° 49’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

296.18°
49.81°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4779.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.58
Giant

2.15
G8III
5106K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4779 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4779. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4779 is distant 158.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

48.59
158.41
-16 km/s
-0.016 arcsec/y
0.052"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO157361
SAO157361

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4779 rise, transit and set times from Libu, Cina are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 103.0°
Max altitude: 52.5°
Azimuth: 257.0°