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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR4918

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:37 | Tran: 21:28 | Set: 1:22
Alt: -11.68°   Az: 112.22°   Direction: East-South-East

HR4918 is a star of spectral class G5 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4918 visual magnitude is 6.31. Because of its faintness, HR4918 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.

Image of HR4918 star
DSS2 image of HR4918. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4918 during the next 10000 years (-8.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 58m 54s
-22° 53’ 26”
18h 40m 56s
07h 39m 51s

J2000

12h 57m 33s
-22° 45’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

304.78°
40.1°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4918.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.31

0.83
G5
4581K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4918 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4918. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4918 is distant 406.99 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

124.84
406.99
3 km/s
-0.052 arcsec/y
-0.029"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO181265
SAO181265

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4918 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.9°
Max altitude: 15.6°
Azimuth: 247.1°