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HR4880

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -71.08°   Az: 268.38°   Direction: West

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.

Image of HR4880 star
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

12h 53m 31s
-48° 13’ 49”
10h 03m 31s
22h 57m 03s

J2000

12h 52m 05s
-48° 05’ 39”

Galactic Coordinates

303.05°
14.78°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4880.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.33
Hypergiant

0.50
A0IV
9766K

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

HR 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.

146.84
478.71
-2 km/s
-0.06 arcsec/y
0.013"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO223720
SAO223720

Visibility from Your Location

HR4880 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK