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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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HR4957

Above the horizon.  Rise: 16:55 | Tran: 22:06 | Set: 3:22
Alt: 13.19°   Az: 236.23°   Direction: South-West

HR4957 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR4957 visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its faintness, HR4957 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 HR4957 star
DSS2 image of HR4957. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4957 during the next 10000 years (-5.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 09m 52s
-09° 07’ 09”
03h 40m 13s
16h 50m 05s

J2000

13h 08m 32s
-08° 59’ 03”

Galactic Coordinates

310.07°
53.65°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4957.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.55
Giant

0.27
K3III
4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4957 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4957. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4957 is distant 371.30 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

113.90
371.30
16 km/s
-0.032 arcsec/y
-0.062"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO139175
SAO139175

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4957 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.1°
Max altitude: 29.4°
Azimuth: 260.9°