HR4837

Below the horizon. Rise: 15:52 | Tran: 21:42 | Set: 3:35

Alt: -32.69° Az: 41.50° Direction: North-East

HR4837 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR4837 visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its faintness, HR4837 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.

DSS2 image of HR4837. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4837 during the next 10000 years (8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -12.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 44m 56s

Declination -01° 42’ 56”

Hour Angle 14h 15m 39s

Sidereal Time 03h 00m 35s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 43m 38s

Declination -01° 34’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 298.88°

Galactic Latitude 61.23°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.93

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.70

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.86

Temperature 5106K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4837 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4837. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4837 is distant 228.61 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 70.13

Distance (light year) 228.61

Radial Speed 1 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.05 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.076"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD110646

SAO Catalogue SAO138933

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62103

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-00 2603

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4837 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 91.7° RISE 15:52

Max altitude: 36.8° TRANSIT 21:42

Azimuth: 268.3° SET 3:35

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo