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HR4887

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -64.41°   Az: 127.67°   Direction: South-East

HR4887 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Crux.

HR4887 visual magnitude is 5.76. Because of its faintness, HR4887 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 HR4887 star
DSS2 image of HR4887. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4887 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 54m 52s
-60° 27’ 52”
14h 55m 38s
03h 50m 31s

J2000

12h 53m 21s
-60° 19’ 42”

Galactic Coordinates

303.17°
2.54°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4887.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.76
Supergiant

-4.70
B9I
7276K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4887 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4887. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4887 is distant 4,024.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

1,234.57
4,024.69
-19 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO252069
SAO252069

Visibility from Your Location

HR4887 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK