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public  Cayambe, Ecuador Cayambe, Ecuador  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Guayaquil
Sunrise: 6:14 
Transit: 12:16 
Sunset: 18:19
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HR4838

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:11 | Tran: 18:09 | Set: 0:10
Alt: -0.87°   Az: 233.51°   Direction: South-West

HR4838 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4838 visual magnitude is 6.39. Because of its faintness, HR4838 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 HR4838 star
DSS2 image of HR4838. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4838 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 45m 21s
-36° 29’ 18”
06h 04m 12s
18h 49m 34s

J2000

12h 43m 58s
-36° 20’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

301.25°
26.5°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4838.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.39
Hypergiant

-0.98
A0V
10941K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4838 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4838. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4838 is distant 973.13 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

298.51
973.13
-1 km/s
0.013 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO203756
SAO203756

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4838 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 126.5°
Max altitude: 53.5°
Azimuth: 233.5°