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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:59 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:54
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HR4503

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:15 | Tran: 20:40 | Set: 23:05
Alt: -65.49°   Az: 48.09°   Direction: North-East

HR4503 is a multiple giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4503 visual magnitude is 5.22. Because of its faintness, HR4503 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 HR4503 star
DSS2 image of HR4503. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4503 during the next 10000 years (0.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 43m 00s
-32° 38’ 26”
13h 26m 00s
01h 09m 01s

J2000

11h 41m 44s
-32° 29’ 58”

Galactic Coordinates

286.29°
28.11°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4503.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.22
Giant

-0.38
K5III
3824K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4503 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4503. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4503 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4503 double sysyem:

5.22
8.32
3.1
67 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4503 is distant 429.51 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 34 kilometers per second.

131.75
429.51
34 km/s
0.004 arcsec/y
-0.042"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO202717
SAO202717

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4503 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.6°
Max altitude: 5.9°
Azimuth: 237.4°