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HR4516

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -15.22°   Az: 203.35°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4516 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4516 visual magnitude is 6.26. Because of its faintness, HR4516 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 HR4516 star
DSS2 image of HR4516. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4516 during the next 10000 years (-5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 46m 26s
-49° 12’ 26”
02h 23m 19s
14h 09m 46s

J2000

11h 45m 12s
-49° 04’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

291.91°
12.38°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4516 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4516.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.26
Giant

0.24
K1III
4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4516 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4516. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4516 is distant 520.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

159.74
520.77
4 km/s
-0.031 arcsec/y
0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO222997
SAO222997

Visibility from Your Location

HR4516 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK