HR4960

Above the horizon. Rise: 5:51 | Tran: 12:40 | Set: 19:28

Alt: 43.42° Az: 215.98° Direction: South-West

HR4960 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR4960 visual magnitude is 5.78. Because of its faintness, HR4960 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 HR4960. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4960 during the next 10000 years (2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 10m 26s

Declination +09° 53’ 26”

Hour Angle 01h 42m 40s

Sidereal Time 14h 53m 07s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 09m 12s

Declination +10° 01’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 317.53°

Galactic Latitude 72.39°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4960.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.78

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.62

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1

Temperature 4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4960 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4960. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4960 is distant 351.67 light years from the Sun

Distance (parsec) 107.87

Distance (light year) 351.67

Proper Motion RA 0.017 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD114256

SAO Catalogue SAO100436

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP64179

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+10 2516

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4960 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.1° RISE 5:51

Max altitude: 48.4° TRANSIT 12:40

Azimuth: 279.9° SET 19:28

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo