HR4462

Below the horizon. Rise: 18:37 | Tran: 19:45 | Set: 20:52

Alt: -33.91° Az: 129.01° Direction: South-East

HR4462 is a variable giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4462 visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, HR4462 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 HR4462. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4462 during the next 1000 years (-2.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.80 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 36m 11s

Declination -49° 16’ 40”

Hour Angle 17h 25m 14s

Sidereal Time 05h 01m 25s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 34m 56s

Declination -49° 08’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 290.29°

Galactic Latitude 11.85°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.5

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 1.48

Spectral Type K1III

Color Index (B-V) 1.04

Temperature 4649K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4462 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4462. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4462 is distant 207.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 63.61

Distance (light year) 207.38

Radial Speed -1 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.17 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.168"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD100708

SAO Catalogue SAO222883

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP56497

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-48 6630

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 5253

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4462 rise, transit and set times from Kashi, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 139.3° RISE 18:37

Max altitude: 1.3° TRANSIT 19:45

Azimuth: 220.7° SET 20:52

Name:	Kashi, China
Latitude:	39° 28' 14.5" N
Longitude:	75° 59' 22.2" E
Timezone:	Asia/Shanghai

Set Location

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