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HR4506

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:51 | Tran: 18:58 | Set: 23:05
Alt: -3.64°   Az: 241.19°   Direction: West-South-West

HR4506 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Crater.

HR4506 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR4506 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 HR4506 star
DSS2 image of HR4506. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4506 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 43m 20s
-20° 26’ 06”
04h 35m 44s
16h 19m 05s

J2000

11h 42m 03s
-20° 17’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

281.62°
39.69°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4506.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22
Hypergiant

1.94
K0
4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4506 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4506. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4506 is distant 234.03 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

71.79
234.03
-14 km/s
-0.015 arcsec/y
-0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO180117
SAO180117

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4506 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 110.4°
Max altitude: 18.1°
Azimuth: 249.6°