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HR4882

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -49.83°   Az: 238.35°   Direction: West-South-West

HR4882 is a double supergiant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4882 visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its faintness, HR4882 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 HR4882 star
DSS2 image of HR4882. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4882 during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 53m 52s
-53° 57’ 55”
07h 24m 06s
20h 17m 58s

J2000

12h 52m 24s
-53° 49’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

303.08°
9.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4882.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.24
Supergiant

-1.38
G8I
4451K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4882 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4882. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4882 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4882 double sysyem:

6.24
12.24
6
6.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4882 is distant 1,090.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

334.45
1,090.30
-23 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO240338
SAO240338

Visibility from Your Location

HR4882 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK