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public LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:20 
Transit: 12:55 
Sunset: 20:30
wb_twilight   (Astronomical Twilight)   What's Visible Now?

HR4502

Altitude: -5.8°   Azimuth: 193.1°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4502 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4502 visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4502 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR4502 is -0.082 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR4502 star
DSS2 image of HR4502. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4502 during the next 10000 years (-13.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR4502

5.55
Hypergiant

HR4502 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: -5.8°
Azimuth: 193.1°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4502

HR4502 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4502 are provided in the following table:

11h 41m 19s
-43° 05’ 44”
289.57°
17.95°
Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4502 in the sky:

Finder chart HR4502 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4502.

Visibility of HR4502 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

HR4502 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Distance of HR4502 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4502 is distant 209.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

64.18 pc
209.24 ly
8 km/s
-0.082 arcsec/year
0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4502

HR4502 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a hypergiant star.

1.51
A0V
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4502 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4502. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4502

SAO222960
SAO222960