HR4880

Below the horizon. Rise: 13:21 | Tran: 18:12 | Set: 23:06

Alt: -55.69° Az: 189.81° Direction: South

HR4880 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4880 visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its faintness, HR4880 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 HR4880. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4880 during the next 10000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 53m 32s

Declination -48° 13’ 56”

Hour Angle 11h 26m 51s

Sidereal Time 00h 20m 23s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 52m 05s

Declination -48° 05’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 303.05°

Galactic Latitude 14.78°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.33

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.50

Spectral Type A0IV

Color Index (B-V) 0.03

Temperature 9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4880 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4880. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4880 is distant 478.71 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 146.84

Distance (light year) 478.71

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.06 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD111775

SAO Catalogue SAO223720

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62799

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-47 7917

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4880 rise, transit and set times from Le François, Martinique are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Martinique):

Azimuth: 138.2° RISE 13:21

Max altitude: 27.2° TRANSIT 18:12

Azimuth: 221.8° SET 23:06

Name:	Le François, Martinique
Latitude:	14° 36' 56.2" N
Longitude:	60° 54' 11.2" W
Timezone:	America/Martinique

Set Location

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