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HR4888

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -22.13°   Az: 143.02°   Direction: South-East

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.

Image of HR4888 star
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

12h 54m 34s
-49° 04’ 53”
20h 06m 52s
09h 01m 27s

J2000

12h 53m 06s
-48° 56’ 35”

Galactic Coordinates

303.22°
13.93°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4888.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

⬤
4.33
Giant

-0.51
K3III
1.37
4000K

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

HR 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.

92.85
302.69
-2 km/s
-0.076 arcsec/y
-0.03"/y

Alternative Designations

HD111915
SAO223731
SAO223731
HIP62867
CD-48 7753
3024

Visibility from Your Location

HR4888 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK