HR4852

Altitude: 50.6° Azimuth: 345.1° Direction: North-North-West

HR4852 is a star in the constellation of Camelopardalis.

HR4852 visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4852 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 HR4852:

Color of HR4852 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4852 6.4

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR4852 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 50.6°
Azimuth: 345.1°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4852

HR4852 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4852 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 12h 44m 26s

Declination J2000 +80° 37’ 15”

Galactic Longitude 123.29°

Galactic Latitude 36.5°

Constellation Camelopardalis

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4852 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4852.

Visibility of HR4852 from your location

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

HR4852 is circumpolar and transits at 19:24 UTC (altitude: 60.9°)

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4852

The image below is a photograph of HR4852 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 HR4852 is 0.03 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.042 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR4852. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4852 during the next 10000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4852 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4852 is distant 462.41 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 141.84 pc

Distance (light year) 462.41 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -28 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.03 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.042 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4852

HR4852 belongs to spectral class A5

Absolute magnitude 0.64

Spectral Type A5

Color Index (B-V) 0.12

Temperature of HR4852 8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4852 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4852. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4852

Henry Draper Catalogue HD111112

SAO Catalogue SAO2080

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62170

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+81 402

FK5 Catalogue 3017

In Evidence

Other stars in Camelopardalis