HR4956

Above the horizon. Rise: 4:26 | Tran: 13:06 | Set: 21:46

Alt: 33.97° Az: 272.60° Direction: West

HR4956 is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

HR4956 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR4956 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 HR4956. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4956 during the next 10000 years (-6.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 09m 04s

Declination +27° 25’ 26”

Hour Angle 04h 35m 53s

Sideral Time 17h 44m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 07m 53s

Declination +27° 33’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 40.56°

Galactic Latitude 86.32°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4956.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.19

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.81

Spectral Type K4III

Color Index (B-V) 1.36

Temperature 4017K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4956 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4956. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4956 is distant 389.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 119.33

Distance (light year) 389.02

Radial Speed -9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.041 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.064"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD114092

SAO Catalogue SAO82665

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP64077

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+28 2187

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4956 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 62.6° RISE 4:26

Max altitude: 65.9° TRANSIT 13:06

Azimuth: 297.4° SET 21:46

Set Location

Other stars in Coma Berenices