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HR4871

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -19.06°   Az: 147.15°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4871 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4871 visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its faintness, HR4871 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 HR4871 star
DSS2 image of HR4871. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4871 during the next 10000 years (-6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 51m 44s
-48° 35’ 39”
20h 36m 42s
09h 28m 26s

J2000

12h 50m 19s
-48° 27’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

302.74°
14.41°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4871 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4871.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.24
Hypergiant

0.02
A0V
9542K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4871 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4871. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4871 is distant 570.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

175.13
570.93
-17 km/s
-0.037 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO223698
SAO223698

Visibility from Your Location

HR4871 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK