HR4850

Altitude: 5.0° Azimuth: 174.3° Direction: South

HR4850 is a double giant star in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4850 visual magnitude is 5.86. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4850 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR4850:

Color of HR4850 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4850 5.86

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR4850 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 5.0°
Azimuth: 174.3°
Direction: South

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4850

HR4850 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4850 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 12h 46m 45s

Declination J2000 -33° 18’ 56”

Galactic Longitude 301.81°

Galactic Latitude 29.55°

Constellation Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4850 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4850.

Visibility of HR4850 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR4850 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.3° RISE 18:34

Max altitude: 5.2° TRANSIT 20:50

Azimuth: 236.7° SET 23:07

RIGHT NOW HR4850 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4850

The image below is a photograph of HR4850 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR4850 is -0.007 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.03 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR4850. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4850 during the next 10000 years (-1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4850 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4850 is distant 383.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 31 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 117.65 pc

Distance (light year) 383.53 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 31 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.03 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4850

HR4850 belongs to spectral class K3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.51

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.34

Temperature of HR4850 4051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4850 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4850. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

HR4850 star system properties

HR4850 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4850 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.86

Secondary star magnitude 11.86

Magnitude difference 6

Separation 65 arcsec

Alternative designations of HR4850

Henry Draper Catalogue HD111032

SAO Catalogue SAO203797

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62360

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-32 8912

In Evidence

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