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clear_day Transit: 11:51  
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HR4896

Altitude: 31.4°   Azimuth: 205.1°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4896 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Virgo.

HR4896 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4896 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR4896:

6.44
Hypergiant

HR4896 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 31.4°
Azimuth: 205.1°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4896

HR4896 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4896 are provided in the following table:

12h 53m 38s
-04° 13’ 26”
303.98°
58.64°
Virgo

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4896 in the sky:

Finder chart HR4896 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4896.

Visibility of HR4896 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR4896 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.2°
Max altitude: 34.3°
Azimuth: 265.8°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4896

The image below is a photograph of HR4896 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR4896 is 0.001 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.041 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR4896 star
DSS2 image of HR4896. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4896 during the next 10000 years (0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.83 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4896 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4896 is distant 339.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 37 kilometers per second.

104.06 pc
339.23 ly
37 km/s
0.001 arcsec/year
-0.041 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4896

HR4896 belongs to spectral class K0

1.35
K0
4515K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4896 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4896. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4896

SAO139027
SAO139027