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HR4986

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:37 | Tran: 14:33 | Set: 21:30
Alt: -26.65°   Az: 350.50°   Direction: North

HR4986 is a hypergiant star of spectral class M0 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR4986 visual magnitude is 5.77. Because of its faintness, HR4986 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 HR4986 star
DSS2 image of HR4986. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4986 during the next 10000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 13m 46s
+11° 25’ 31”
11h 25m 23s
00h 39m 09s

J2000

13h 12m 32s
+11° 33’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

321.61°
73.66°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4986 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4986.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.77
Hypergiant

-1.21
M0III
3779K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4986 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4986. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4986 is distant 810.95 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

248.76
810.95
25 km/s
-0.05 arcsec/y
-0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO100460
SAO100460

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4986 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.6°
Max altitude: 49.9°
Azimuth: 281.4°