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HR4889

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -77.47°   Az: 329.76°   Direction: North-North-West

HR4889 is a giant star of spectral class A7 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4889 visual magnitude is 4.27. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4889 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 HR4889 star
DSS2 image of HR4889. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4889 during the next 10000 years (10.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 54m 51s
-40° 19’ 01”
11h 27m 02s
00h 21m 54s

J2000

12h 53m 26s
-40° 10’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

303.34°
22.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4889.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

⬤
4.27
Giant

0.88
A7III
0.21
8086K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4889 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4889. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4889 is distant 155.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

47.55
155.02
-3 km/s
0.063 arcsec/y
-0.022"/y

Alternative Designations

HD111968
SAO203907
SAO203907
HIP62896
CD-39 7893
Gl 488.1
482

Visibility from Your Location

HR4889 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK