HR4537

Below the horizon. Rise: 11:17 | Tran: 17:14 | Set: 23:16

Alt: -6.40° Az: 205.34° Direction: South-South-West

HR4537 is a variable main-sequence star of spectral class B3 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4537 visual magnitude is 4.32. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4537 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

DSS2 image of HR4537. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4537 during the next 10000 years (-3.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 50m 56s

Declination -63° 55’ 48”

Hour Angle 06h 58m 28s

Sidereal Time 18h 49m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 49m 41s

Declination -63° 47’ 17”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 296.18°

Galactic Latitude -1.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4537.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 4.32

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude -1.42

Spectral Type B3V

Color Index (B-V) -0.15

Temperature 12489K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4537 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4537. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4537 is distant 459.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 29 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 140.85

Distance (light year) 459.15

Radial Speed 29 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.021 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD102776

SAO Catalogue SAO251602

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP57669

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-63 1988

FK5 Catalogue 2944

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 5357

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4537 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 153.9° RISE 11:17

Max altitude: 26.0° TRANSIT 17:14

Azimuth: 206.1° SET 23:16

Name:	Cayambe, Ecuador
Latitude:	0° 2' 27.0" N
Longitude:	78° 8' 42.7" W
Timezone:	America/Guayaquil

Set Location

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