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public  South Grafton, Australia South Grafton, Australia  ⓘ
TimezoneAustralia/Sydney
Sunrise: 6:45 
Transit: 11:52 
Sunset: 16:59
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HR4895

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:25 | Tran: 18:01 | Set: 4:34
Alt: 1.69°   Az: 194.98°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4895 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Crux.

HR4895 visual magnitude is 6.58. Because of its faintness, HR4895 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR4895 star
DSS2 image of HR4895. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4895 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 55m 53s
-58° 34’ 06”
10h 01m 11s
22h 57m 05s

J2000

12h 54m 21s
-58° 25’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

303.32°
4.44°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4895.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.58
Supergiant

-2.78
F7I
5404K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4895 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4895. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4895 is distant 2,432.84 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

746.27
2,432.84
-7 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO240362
SAO240362

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4895 rise, transit and set times from South Grafton, Australia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Australia/Sydney):

Azimuth: 148.6°
Max altitude: 61.1°
Azimuth: 211.4°