HR4959

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:29 | Tran: 14:38 | Set: 19:47

Alt: -26.22° Az: 288.55° Direction: West-North-West

HR4959 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR4959 visual magnitude is 6.32. Because of its faintness, HR4959 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 HR4959. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4959 during the next 10000 years (-5.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 10m 32s

Declination -09° 40’ 10”

Hour Angle 08h 01m 29s

Sideral Time 21h 12m 02s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 09m 14s

Declination -09° 32’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 310.25°

Galactic Latitude 53.08°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4959.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.32

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.86

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.02

Temperature 4695K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4959 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4959. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4959 is distant 403.47 light years from the Sun

Distance (parsec) 123.76

Distance (light year) 403.47

Proper Motion RA -0.033 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.009"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD114203

SAO Catalogue SAO139183

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP64181

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-08 3495

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4959 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 99.7° RISE 9:29

Max altitude: 28.9° TRANSIT 14:38

Azimuth: 260.3° SET 19:47

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

Other stars in Virgo