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HR4962

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:17 | Tran: 22:43 | Set: 6:13
Alt: 52.33°   Az: 150.66°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4962 is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

HR4962 visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its faintness, HR4962 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 HR4962 star
DSS2 image of HR4962. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4962 during the next 10000 years (-11.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 11m 02s
+16° 42’ 50”
22h 47m 07s
11h 58m 10s

J2000

13h 09m 47s
+16° 50’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

326.33°
78.88°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4962.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.91
Giant

-0.85
K5III
3870K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4962 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4962. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4962 is distant 732.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

224.72
732.58
-17 km/s
-0.069 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO100439
SAO100439

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4962 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.3°
Max altitude: 55.2°
Azimuth: 286.7°