HR4979

Altitude: -61.1° Azimuth: 76.1° Direction: East-North-East

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

HR4979 visual magnitude is 4.85. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4979 should be easily visible from locations with dark skyes, while it can be barely visible, or not visible at all, from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR4979:

Color of HR4979 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4979 4.85

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR4979 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -61.1°
Azimuth: 76.1°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4979

HR4979 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4979 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 13h 12m 03s

Declination J2000 -37° 48’ 11”

Galactic Longitude 307.43°

Galactic Latitude 24.89°

Constellation Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4979 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4979.

Visibility of HR4979 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 127.8° RISE 20:08

Max altitude: 0.7° TRANSIT 21:00

Azimuth: 232.2° SET 21:51

RIGHT NOW HR4979 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4979

The image below is a photograph of HR4979 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR4979 is -0.385 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.047 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR4979 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 66.76 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -15 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.385 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.047 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4979

HR4979 belongs to spectral class G3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 3.29

Spectral Type G3V

Color Index (B-V) 0.7

Temperature of HR4979 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

Alternative designations of HR4979

Henry Draper Catalogue HD114613

SAO Catalogue SAO204227

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP64408

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 8437

Gliese Catalogue Gl 501.2

FK5 Catalogue 3051

In Evidence

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