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HR4546

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -48.91°   Az: 107.23°   Direction: East-South-East

HR4546 is a giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4546 visual magnitude is 4.46. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4546 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.

Image of HR4546 star
DSS2 image of HR4546. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4546 during the next 10000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 52m 24s
-45° 18’ 47”
16h 12m 47s
04h 05m 12s

J2000

11h 51m 08s
-45° 10’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

291.92°
16.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4546.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.46
Giant

-1.31
K3III
4121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4546 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4546. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4546 is distant 463.73 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

142.25
463.73
2 km/s
-0.07 arcsec/y
-0.01"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO223062
SAO223062

Visibility from Your Location

HR4546 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK