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HR4463

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -13.13°   Az: 202.68°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4463 is a variable and double giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4463 visual magnitude is 5.71. Because of its faintness, HR4463 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 HR4463 star
DSS2 image of HR4463. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4463 during the next 10000 years (-14.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 36m 25s
-47° 30’ 33”
02h 15m 04s
13h 51m 30s

J2000

11h 35m 13s
-47° 22’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

289.79°
13.55°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4463 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4463.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.71
Giant

-0.80
M3III
3568K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4463 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4463. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4463 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4463 double sysyem:

5.71
13.31
7.6
6.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4463 is distant 652.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

200.00
652.00
18 km/s
-0.089 arcsec/y
-0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO222887
SAO222887

Visibility from Your Location

HR4463 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK