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public  Plandome, United States Plandome, United States  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/New_York
Sunrise: 5:24 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:28
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HR4542

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:33 | Tran: 18:45 | Set: 23:01
Alt: -56.38°   Az: 78.48°   Direction: South-West

HR4542 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4542 visual magnitude is 6.48. Because of its faintness, HR4542 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 HR4542 star
DSS2 image of HR4542. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4542 during the next 10000 years (-14.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 51m 54s
-27° 25’ 10”
14h 30m 41s
02h 22m 36s

J2000

11h 50m 37s
-27° 16’ 40”

Galactic Coordinates

286.67°
33.67°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4542.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.48
Giant

0.57
G8III
4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4542 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4542. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4542 is distant 495.44 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

151.98
495.44
-3 km/s
-0.087 arcsec/y
0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO180232
SAO180232

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4542 rise, transit and set times from Plandome, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/New_York):

Azimuth: 117.4°
Max altitude: 21.8°
Azimuth: 242.6°