HR4508

Below the horizon. Rise: 10:08 | Tran: 11:14 | Set: 12:21

Alt: -40.85° Az: 258.42° Direction: West-South-West

HR4508 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4508 visual magnitude is 5.98. Because of its faintness, HR4508 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 HR4508. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4508 during the next 10000 years (-2.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 44m 41s

Declination -37° 19’ 40”

Hour Angle 07h 25m 06s

Sidereal Time 19h 09m 48s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 43m 27s

Declination -37° 11’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 288.2°

Galactic Latitude 23.73°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4508.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.98

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.34

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.46

Temperature 3855K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4508 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4508. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4508 is distant 598.17 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 36 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 183.49

Distance (light year) 598.17

Radial Speed 36 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.015 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD101883

SAO Catalogue SAO202744

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP57165

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-36 7371

FK5 Catalogue 2939

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4508 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.3° RISE 10:08

Max altitude: 1.2° TRANSIT 11:14

Azimuth: 232.7° SET 12:21

Set Location

Other stars in Centaurus