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HR4885

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -33.47°   Az: 221.59°   Direction: South-West

HR4885 is a giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4885 visual magnitude is 5.93. Because of its faintness, HR4885 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 HR4885 star
DSS2 image of HR4885. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4885 during the next 1000 years (-1.98 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.18 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 54m 32s
-55° 05’ 18”
05h 01m 27s
17h 55m 59s

J2000

12h 53m 03s
-54° 57’ 09”

Galactic Coordinates

303.17°
7.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4885.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.93
Giant

0.61
K2III
4104K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4885 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4885. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4885 is distant 378.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

116.14
378.63
-9 km/s
-0.119 arcsec/y
0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO240347
SAO240347

Visibility from Your Location

HR4885 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK