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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 19:28
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HR4999

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:38 | Tran: 15:04 | Set: 16:30
Alt: -4.72°   Az: 211.29°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4999 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4999 visual magnitude is 6.19. Because of its faintness, HR4999 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 HR4999 star
DSS2 image of HR4999. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4999 during the next 10000 years (-2.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 16m 33s
-36° 30’ 03”
02h 40m 20s
15h 56m 53s

J2000

13h 15m 09s
-36° 22’ 15”

Galactic Coordinates

308.26°
26.26°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4999 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4999.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.19
Giant

0.42
K1III
4816K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4999 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4999. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4999 is distant 464.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

142.45
464.39
-4 km/s
-0.012 arcsec/y
-0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO204282
SAO204282

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4999 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.5°
Max altitude: 2.0°
Azimuth: 233.5°