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HR4475

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -32.46°   Az: 209.30°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4475 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4475 visual magnitude is 5.15. Because of its faintness, HR4475 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 HR4475 star
DSS2 image of HR4475. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4475 during the next 1000 years (-3.73 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.10 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 38m 11s
-61° 25’ 16”
03h 58m 43s
15h 36m 54s

J2000

11h 37m 00s
-61° 16’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

294.12°
0.31°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4475 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4475.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.15
Hypergiant

0.90
K0III
4472K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4475 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4475. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4475 is distant 231.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

70.87
231.04
3 km/s
-0.224 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO251486
SAO251486

Visibility from Your Location

HR4475 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK