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HR4881

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:52 | Tran: 14:13 | Set: 17:34
Alt: -64.84°   Az: 345.29°   Direction: North-North-West

HR4881 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4881 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR4881 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 HR4881 star
DSS2 image of HR4881. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4881 during the next 1000 years (-1.85 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 53m 17s
-26° 52’ 19”
11h 32m 11s
00h 25m 29s

J2000

12h 51m 57s
-26° 44’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

303.08°
36.13°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4881 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4881.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.15
Hypergiant

2.25
A0III
7938K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4881 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4881. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4881 is distant 196.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

60.17
196.15
-18 km/s
-0.111 arcsec/y
0.04"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO181169
SAO181169

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4881 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 116.9°
Max altitude: 11.6°
Azimuth: 243.1°