HR4502

Below the horizon. Rise: 11:08 | Tran: 17:06 | Set: 23:08

Alt: -12.15° Az: 225.53° Direction: South-West

HR4502 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4502 visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its faintness, HR4502 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 42m 35s

Declination -43° 14’ 14”

Hour Angle 07h 06m 59s

Sidereal Time 18h 49m 34s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 41m 19s

Declination -43° 05’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 289.57°

Galactic Latitude 17.95°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.55

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.51

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V)

Temperature 10125K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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.

Distance (parsec) 64.18

Distance (light year) 209.24

Radial Speed 8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.082 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD101615

SAO Catalogue SAO222960

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP57013

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-42 7155

FK5 Catalogue 2937

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4502 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 133.2° RISE 11:08

Max altitude: 46.7° TRANSIT 17:06

Azimuth: 226.8° SET 23:08

Name:	Cayambe, Ecuador
Latitude:	0° 2' 27.0" N
Longitude:	78° 8' 42.7" W
Timezone:	America/Guayaquil

Set Location

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