HR4860

Altitude: -59.7° Azimuth: 312.4° Direction: North-West

HR4860 is a giant star in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4860 visual magnitude is 5.66. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4860 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 HR4860:

Color of HR4860 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4860 5.66

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR4860 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -59.7°
Azimuth: 312.4°
Direction: North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4860

HR4860 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 HR4860 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 12h 48m 26s

Declination J2000 -27° 35’ 51”

Galactic Longitude 302.12°

Galactic Latitude 35.27°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4860 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4860.

Visibility of HR4860 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 HR4860 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: 117.6° RISE 9:49

Max altitude: 10.9° TRANSIT 13:04

Azimuth: 242.4° SET 16:19

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4860

The image below is a photograph of HR4860 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 HR4860 is -0.139 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.063 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR4860. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4860 during the next 1000 years (-2.32 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.05 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4860 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4860 is distant 303.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 93.20 pc

Distance (light year) 303.82 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.139 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.063 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4860

HR4860 belongs to spectral class G5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.81

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.95

Temperature of HR4860 4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4860 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4860. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4860

Henry Draper Catalogue HD111295

SAO Catalogue SAO181114

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62500

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-26 9340

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