HR4982
HR4982 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Centaurus.
HR4982 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4982 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.
The table below summarizes the key facts about HR4982:
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4982
HR4982 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4982 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4982 in the sky:

Visibility of HR4982 from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
HR4982 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4982
The image below is a photograph of HR4982 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 HR4982 is -0.02 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of HR4982 from the Sun and relative movement
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.
Spectral properties of HR4982
HR4982 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.
The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4982 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.
