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public  Cayambe, Ecuador Cayambe, Ecuador  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Guayaquil
Sunrise: 6:14 
Transit: 12:16 
Sunset: 18:19
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HR4989

Above the horizon.  Rise: 12:41 | Tran: 18:39 | Set: 0:41
Alt: 3.34°   Az: 210.59°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4989 is a double sub-giant star of spectral class F7 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4989 visual magnitude is 4.92. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4989 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR4989 star
DSS2 image of HR4989. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4989 during the next 1000 years (-4.42 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.62 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 15m 51s
-59° 14’ 15”
05h 33m 32s
18h 49m 23s

J2000

13h 14m 14s
-59° 06’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

305.87°
3.64°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4989.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.92
Sub-giant

3.64
F7IV
6481K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4989 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4989. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4989 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4989 double sysyem:

4.92
10.22
5.3
2.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4989 is distant 58.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 65 kilometers per second.

18.02
58.75
-65 km/s
-0.265 arcsec/y
-0.157"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO240666
SAO240666
Gl 503 A

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4989 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 149.2°
Max altitude: 30.7°
Azimuth: 210.8°