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public  Chengdong, China Chengdong, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:50 
Transit: 12:34 
Sunset: 19:18
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HR4808

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:13 | Tran: 18:23 | Set: 0:32
Alt: 13.55°   Az: 88.24°   Direction: East

HR4808 is a variable giant star of spectral class M4 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR4808 visual magnitude is 7.08. Because of its faintness, HR4808 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR4808 star
DSS2 image of HR4808. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4808 during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 39m 47s
+06° 50’ 54”
18h 47m 24s
07h 27m 11s

J2000

12h 38m 30s
+06° 59’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

293.68°
69.63°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4808.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

7.08
Giant

-2.19
M4III
3886K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4808 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4808. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4808 is distant 2,328.57 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

714.29
2,328.57
-26 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO119509
SAO119509

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4808 rise, transit and set times from Chengdong, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 83.2°
Max altitude: 73.8°
Azimuth: 276.8°