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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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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.

Image of HR4837 star
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

12h 44m 56s
-01° 42’ 56”
14h 15m 39s
03h 00m 35s

J2000

12h 43m 38s
-01° 34’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

298.88°
61.23°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4837.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.93
Giant

1.70
G8III
5106K

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

HR 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.

70.13
228.61
1 km/s
0.05 arcsec/y
-0.076"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO138933
SAO138933

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°
Max altitude: 36.8°
Azimuth: 268.3°