HR4982

Below the horizon. Rise: 13:48 | Tran: 19:04 | Set: 0:24

Alt: -53.29° Az: 206.53° Direction: South-South-West

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.

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

Right Ascension 13h 14m 19s

Declination -42° 50’ 03”

Hour Angle 10h 34m 36s

Sidereal Time 23h 48m 55s

J2000

Right Ascension 13h 12m 50s

Declination -42° 41’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 307.12°

Galactic Latitude 20°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.22

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.21

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.06

Temperature 4603K

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

Distance (parsec) 193.05

Distance (light year) 629.34

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.02 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD114707

SAO Catalogue SAO223980

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP64472

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-42 8196

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4982 rise, transit and set times from Mirimire, Venezuela are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Caracas):

Azimuth: 132.8° RISE 13:48

Max altitude: 36.0° TRANSIT 19:04

Azimuth: 227.2° SET 0:24

Name:	Mirimire, Venezuela
Latitude:	11° 9' 36.7" N
Longitude:	68° 43' 33.6" W
Timezone:	America/Caracas

Set Location

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