HR4862

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -38.19° Az: 162.96° Direction: South-South-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 12h 51m 25s

Declination -72° 07’ 27”

Hour Angle 20h 45m 28s

Sidereal Time 09h 36m 54s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 49m 44s

Declination -71° 59’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 302.8°

Galactic Latitude -9.11°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4862.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.55

Class Supergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.49

Spectral Type G8I

Color Index (B-V) 1.17

Temperature 4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4862 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell 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.

Distance (parsec) 161.29

Distance (light year) 525.81

Radial Speed -7 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.001 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.005"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD111315

SAO Catalogue SAO256983

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62608

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-71 1391

Visibility from Your Location

HR4862 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Musca