HR4498

Below the horizon. Rise: 8:13 | Tran: 11:12 | Set: 14:11

Alt: -27.02° Az: 255.97° Direction: West-South-West

HR4498 is a hypergiant star of spectral class G0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4498 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its faintness, HR4498 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 HR4498. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4498 during the next 1000 years (-5.40 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.58 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 42m 23s

Declination -29° 20’ 02”

Hour Angle 06h 30m 03s

Sidereal Time 18h 12m 26s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 41m 08s

Declination -29° 11’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 284.99°

Galactic Latitude 31.21°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4498.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.44

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 3.35

Spectral Type G0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.66

Temperature 5742K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4498 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4498. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4498 is distant 135.38 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 41.53

Distance (light year) 135.38

Radial Speed -19 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.324 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.215"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD101563

SAO Catalogue SAO180098

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP57001

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-28 9027

Gliese Catalogue NN 3680

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4498 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.3° RISE 8:13

Max altitude: 9.2° TRANSIT 11:12

Azimuth: 240.7° SET 14:11

Set Location

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