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public  Qianjin, China Qianjin, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 3:41 
Transit: 11:43 
Sunset: 19:45
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HR4512

Above the horizon.  Rise: 8:30 | Tran: 16:38 | Set: 0:46
Alt: 43.27°   Az: 101.41°   Direction: East-South-East

HR4512 is a double giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Leo.

HR4512 visual magnitude is 6.02. Because of its faintness, HR4512 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 HR4512 star
DSS2 image of HR4512. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4512 during the next 10000 years (-2.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 45m 32s
+25° 04’ 35”
20h 32m 00s
08h 17m 32s

J2000

11h 44m 13s
+25° 13’ 05”

Galactic Coordinates

216.37°
74.81°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4512.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.02
Giant

-1.25
K5III
3749K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4512 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4512. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4512 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4512 double sysyem:

6.02
10.72
4.7
36.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4512 is distant 928.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

284.90
928.77
-3 km/s
-0.014 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO81960
SAO81960

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4512 rise, transit and set times from Qianjin, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 64.9°
Max altitude: 66.0°
Azimuth: 295.1°