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HR4982

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -57.72°   Az: 93.16°   Direction: East

HR4982 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4982 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR4982 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 HR4982 star
DSS2 image of HR4982. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4982 during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 14m 16s
-42° 49’ 49”
15h 06m 34s
04h 20m 51s

J2000

13h 12m 50s
-42° 41’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

307.12°
20°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4982 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4982.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22
Hypergiant

-0.21
K0III
4603K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4982 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4982. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4982 is distant 629.34 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

193.05
629.34
-1 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO223980
SAO223980

Visibility from Your Location

HR4982 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK