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public  Cayambe, Ecuador Cayambe, Ecuador  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Guayaquil
Sunrise: 6:14 
Transit: 12:16 
Sunset: 18:19
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HR4970

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:38 | Tran: 18:36 | Set: 0:38
Alt: 4.24°   Az: 227.48°   Direction: South-West

HR4970 is a sub-giant star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4970 visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, HR4970 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 HR4970 star
DSS2 image of HR4970. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4970 during the next 10000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 12m 36s
-42° 22’ 05”
05h 36m 53s
18h 49m 30s

J2000

13h 11m 08s
-42° 13’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

306.83°
20.49°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4970.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.79
Sub-giant

0.98
F7IV
6300K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4970 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4970. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4970 is distant 299.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

91.83
299.36
-11 km/s
-0.08 arcsec/y
-0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO223960
SAO223960

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4970 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 132.4°
Max altitude: 47.6°
Azimuth: 227.6°