HR4918

Below the horizon. Rise: 4:01 | Tran: 7:52 | Set: 11:43

Alt: -16.72° Az: 254.06° Direction: West-South-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 12h 58m 53s

Declination -22° 53’ 17”

Hour Angle 05h 53m 23s

Sidereal Time 18h 52m 16s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 57m 33s

Declination -22° 45’ 14”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 304.78°

Galactic Latitude 40.1°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.31

Class

Absolute magnitude 0.83

Spectral Type G5

Color Index (B-V) 1.07

Temperature 4581K

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

Distance (parsec) 124.84

Distance (light year) 406.99

Radial Speed 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.052 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.029"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD112519

SAO Catalogue SAO181265

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP63243

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-21 3635

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° RISE 4:01

Max altitude: 15.6° TRANSIT 7:52

Azimuth: 247.1° SET 11:43

Set Location

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