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HR4876

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -31.71°   Az: 210.01°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4876 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class A2 in the constellation of Crux.

HR4876 visual magnitude is 5.72. Because of its faintness, HR4876 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 HR4876 star
DSS2 image of HR4876. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4876 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 52m 48s
-60° 27’ 57”
03h 58m 39s
16h 51m 27s

J2000

12h 51m 17s
-60° 19’ 46”

Galactic Coordinates

302.91°
2.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4876.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.72
Supergiant

-4.09
A2I
6989K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4876 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4876. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4876 is distant 2,990.83 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

917.43
2,990.83
-21 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO252054
SAO252054

Visibility from Your Location

HR4876 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK