HR4860

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:44 | Tran: 13:58 | Set: 17:11

Alt: -3.80° Az: 131.71° Direction: South-East

HR4860 is a giant star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4860 visual magnitude is 5.66. Because of its faintness, HR4860 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 49m 46s

Declination -27° 43’ 54”

Hour Angle 20h 10m 46s

Sideral Time 09h 00m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 48m 26s

Declination -27° 35’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 302.12°

Galactic Latitude 35.27°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4860.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.66

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.81

Spectral Type G5III

Color Index (B-V) 0.95

Temperature 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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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

Distance (light year) 303.82

Radial Speed -10 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.139 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.063"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD111295

SAO Catalogue SAO181114

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62500

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-26 9340

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4860 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.7° RISE 10:44

Max altitude: 10.8° TRANSIT 13:58

Azimuth: 242.3° SET 17:11

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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