HR4947
Below the horizon.
Rise: 19:06 | Tran: 20:42 | Set: 22:18
Alt: -37.01°
Az: 103.58°
Direction: East-South-East
HR4947 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Centaurus.
HR4947 visual magnitude is 6.54. Because of its faintness, HR4947 is not visible to the naked eye.
DSS2 image of HR4947. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4947 during the next
10000 years (6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.00 arcmin in declination);
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Galactic Coordinates
Finder Chart
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Finder chart for HR4947.
Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class
The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4947 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4947.
Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA
Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion
HR4947 is distant 229.25 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.
Alternative Designations
Visibility from Your Location
Today's HR4947 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):