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HR4872

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -58.00°   Az: 114.01°   Direction: East-South-East

HR4872 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4872 visual magnitude is 5.73. Because of its faintness, HR4872 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 HR4872 star
DSS2 image of HR4872. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4872 during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 52m 23s
-52° 55’ 17”
15h 33m 37s
04h 26m 00s

J2000

12h 50m 57s
-52° 47’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

302.86°
10.08°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4872 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4872.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.73
Main-sequence

0.38
A5V
8748K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4872 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4872. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4872 is distant 382.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

117.23
382.18
-7 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO240314
SAO240314

Visibility from Your Location

HR4872 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK