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Transit: 12:52 
Sunset: 18:58
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HR4555

Below the horizon.  Rise: 6:51 | Tran: 12:51 | Set: 18:51
Alt: -19.30°   Az: 63.11°   Direction: East-North-East

HR4555 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR4555 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR4555 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 HR4555 star
DSS2 image of HR4555. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4555 during the next 10000 years (-6.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 55m 06s
+00° 24’ 51”
15h 49m 17s
03h 44m 23s

J2000

11h 53m 50s
+00° 33’ 06”

Galactic Coordinates

273.07°
60.04°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4555 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4555.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Hypergiant

0.70
F0V
8163K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4555 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4555. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4555 is distant 430.08 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

131.93
430.08
10 km/s
-0.039 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO119100
SAO119100

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4555 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 89.6°
Max altitude: 38.9°
Azimuth: 270.4°