HR4979

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:04 | Tran: 12:51 | Set: 13:37

Alt: -13.03° Az: 136.26° Direction: South-East

HR4979 is a main-sequence star of spectral class G3 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4979 visual magnitude is 4.85. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4979 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of HR4979. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4979 during the next 1000 years (-6.42 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.78 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 13h 13m 27s

Declination -37° 56’ 02”

Hour Angle 20h 05m 22s

Sideral Time 09h 18m 49s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 12m 03s

Declination -37° 48’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 307.43°

Galactic Latitude 24.89°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4979.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.85

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.29

Spectral Type G3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.7

Temperature 5602K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4979 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4979. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4979 is distant 66.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 15 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 20.48

Distance (light year) 66.76

Radial Speed -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.385 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.047"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD114613

SAO Catalogue SAO204227

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP64408

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 8437

Gliese Catalogue Gl 501.2

FK5 Catalogue 3051

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4979 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.9° RISE 12:04

Max altitude: 0.6° TRANSIT 12:51

Azimuth: 232.1° SET 13:37

Set Location

Other stars in Centaurus