HR4911

Above the horizon. Rise: 15:11 | Tran: 19:48 | Set: 0:25

Alt: 4.29° Az: 121.57° Direction: South-South-West

HR4911 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Corvus.

HR4911 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its faintness, HR4911 is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of HR4911. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4911 during the next 10000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 57m 13s

Declination -15° 27’ 52”

Hour Angle 19h 52m 42s

Sidereal Time 08h 49m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 55m 53s

Declination -15° 19’ 36”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 304.52°

Galactic Latitude 47.53°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.17

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.39

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0

Temperature 10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4911 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4911. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4911 is distant 669.40 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 205.34

Distance (light year) 669.40

Radial Speed -3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.017 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD112304

SAO Catalogue SAO157599

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP63109

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-14 3605

FK5 Catalogue 3033

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4911 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.5° RISE 15:11

Max altitude: 23.1° TRANSIT 19:48

Azimuth: 254.5° SET 0:25

Set Location

Other stars in Corvus