HR4544

Above the horizon. Rise: 15:26 | Tran: 20:57 | Set: 2:31

Alt: 17.89° Az: 124.51° Direction: South-East

HR4544 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR4544 visual magnitude is 5.64. Because of its faintness, HR4544 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.

DSS2 image of HR4544. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4544 during the next 100000 years (5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 52m 20s

Declination -05° 28’ 28”

Hour Angle 20h 32m 04s

Sidereal Time 08h 24m 24s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 51m 02s

Declination -05° 19’ 59”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 276.47°

Galactic Latitude 54.41°

Finder Chart

Loading map...

Finder chart for HR4544.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.64

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.14

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.06

Temperature 4603K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4544 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4544. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4544 is distant 258.94 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 79.43

Distance (light year) 258.94

Radial Speed 12 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.003 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD102928

SAO Catalogue SAO138445

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP57791

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-04 3152

FK5 Catalogue 1306

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4544 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.5° RISE 15:26

Max altitude: 33.0° TRANSIT 20:57

Azimuth: 264.5° SET 2:31

Set Location

Other stars in Virgo