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public  South Grafton, Australia South Grafton, Australia  ⓘ
TimezoneAustralia/Sydney
Sunrise: 6:45 
Transit: 11:52 
Sunset: 16:59
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HR4980

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:58 | Tran: 18:20 | Set: 5:38
Alt: 4.01°   Az: 196.46°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4980 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4980 visual magnitude is 6.16. Because of its faintness, HR4980 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 HR4980 star
DSS2 image of HR4980. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4980 during the next 1000 years (0.23 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.78 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 14m 32s
-59° 57’ 04”
09h 42m 32s
22h 57m 05s

J2000

13h 12m 56s
-59° 49’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

305.63°
2.94°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4980.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.16
Hypergiant

3.16
G0V
5968K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4980 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4980. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4980 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4980 double sysyem:

6.16
9.36
3.2
25.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4980 is distant 129.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

39.81
129.78
16 km/s
0.014 arcsec/y
-0.107"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO240653
SAO240653

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4980 rise, transit and set times from South Grafton, Australia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Australia/Sydney):

Azimuth: 150.0°
Max altitude: 59.8°
Azimuth: 210.0°