HR4524

Altitude: -73.4° Azimuth: 23.1° Direction: North-North-East

HR4524 is a giant star in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4524 visual magnitude is 6.17. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4524 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR4524:

Color of HR4524 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4524 6.17

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR4524 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -73.4°
Azimuth: 23.1°
Direction: North-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4524

HR4524 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4524 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 11h 47m 07s

Declination J2000 -35° 54’ 24”

Galactic Longitude 288.58°

Galactic Latitude 25.17°

Constellation Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4524 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4524.

Visibility of HR4524 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR4524 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 125.9° RISE 18:09

Max altitude: 2.6° TRANSIT 19:47

Azimuth: 234.1° SET 21:25

RIGHT NOW HR4524 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4524

The image below is a photograph of HR4524 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR4524 is 0.034 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.037 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR4524. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4524 during the next 10000 years (5.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4524 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4524 is distant 474.53 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 145.56 pc

Distance (light year) 474.53 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.034 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.037 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4524

HR4524 belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 0.35

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.96

Temperature of HR4524 4841K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4524 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4524. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4524

Henry Draper Catalogue HD102397

SAO Catalogue SAO202805

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP57497

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-35 7438

In Evidence

Other stars in Centaurus