HR4850

Above the horizon. Rise: 20:05 | Tran: 22:20 | Set: 0:35

Alt: 4.48° Az: 189.47° Direction: South

HR4850 is a double giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4850 visual magnitude is 5.86. Because of its faintness, HR4850 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 48m 08s

Declination -33° 27’ 13”

Hour Angle 00h 45m 22s

Sidereal Time 13h 33m 31s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 46m 45s

Declination -33° 18’ 56”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 301.81°

Galactic Latitude 29.55°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.86

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.51

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.34

Temperature 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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 383.53

Radial Speed 31 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.007 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD111032

SAO Catalogue SAO203797

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62360

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-32 8912

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 123.5° RISE 20:05

Max altitude: 5.1° TRANSIT 22:20

Azimuth: 236.5° SET 0:35

Set Location

Other stars in Centaurus