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HR4848

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -84.24°   Az: 155.03°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4848 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Crux.

HR4848 visual magnitude is 4.65. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4848 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR4848 star
DSS2 image of HR4848. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4848 during the next 10000 years (-6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 47m 50s
-56° 37’ 32”
12h 17m 40s
01h 05m 30s

J2000

12h 46m 22s
-56° 29’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

302.23°
6.38°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4848.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.65
Main-sequence

-0.77
B3V
12692K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4848 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4848. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4848 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4848 double sysyem:

4.65
8.95
4.3
52.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4848 is distant 395.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

121.36
395.63
17 km/s
-0.036 arcsec/y
-0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO240235
SAO240235

Visibility from Your Location

HR4848 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK