HR4888

Above the horizon. Rise: 12:20 | Tran: 18:18 | Set: 0:20

Alt: 0.83° Az: 220.91° Direction: South-West

HR4888 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4888 visual magnitude is 4.33. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4888 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of HR4888. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4888 during the next 10000 years (-12.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 54m 34s

Declination -49° 04’ 53”

Hour Angle 05h 54m 46s

Sidereal Time 18h 49m 20s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 53m 06s

Declination -48° 56’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 303.22°

Galactic Latitude 13.93°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.33

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.51

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.37

Temperature 4000K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4888 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4888. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4888 is distant 302.69 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 92.85

Distance (light year) 302.69

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.076 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD111915

SAO Catalogue SAO223731

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP62867

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-48 7753

FK5 Catalogue 3024

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4888 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 139.1° RISE 12:20

Max altitude: 40.9° TRANSIT 18:18

Azimuth: 220.9° SET 0:20

Name:	Cayambe, Ecuador
Latitude:	0° 2' 27.0" N
Longitude:	78° 8' 42.7" W
Timezone:	America/Guayaquil

Set Location

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