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HR4864

Altitude: 32.2°   Azimuth: 89.6°   Direction: East

HR4864 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

HR4864 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4864 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 HR4864:

6.31
Main-sequence

HR4864 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 32.2°
Azimuth: 89.6°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4864

HR4864 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4864 are provided in the following table:

12h 48m 47s
+24° 50’ 25”
288.28°
87.64°
Coma Berenices

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4864 in the sky:

Finder chart HR4864 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4864.

Visibility of HR4864 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 HR4864 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: 65.2°
Max altitude: 63.4°
Azimuth: 294.8°
HR4864 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4864

The image below is a photograph of HR4864 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 HR4864 is -0.339 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.108 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR4864 star
DSS2 image of HR4864. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4864 during the next 1000 years (-5.65 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.80 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4864 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4864 is distant 55.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

17.17 pc
55.98 ly
-8 km/s
-0.339 arcsec/year
-0.108 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4864

HR4864 belongs to spectral class G7 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

5.14
G7V
5602K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4864 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4864. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4864

SAO82511
SAO82511
Gl 486.1