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HR4862

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -52.90°   Az: 209.28°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4862 is a supergiant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Musca.

HR4862 visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its faintness, HR4862 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.

Image of HR4862 star
DSS2 image of HR4862. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4862 during the next 100000 years (1.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 51m 23s
-72° 07’ 17”
07h 04m 21s
19h 55m 45s

J2000

12h 49m 44s
-71° 59’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

302.8°
-9.11°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4862 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4862.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.55
Supergiant

-0.49
G8I
4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4862 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4862. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4862 is distant 525.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

161.29
525.81
-7 km/s
0.001 arcsec/y
-0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO256983
SAO256983

Visibility from Your Location

HR4862 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK