HR4558

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:35 | Tran: 13:04 | Set: 16:33

Alt: -53.92° Az: 57.66° Direction: East-North-East

HR4558 is a giant star of spectral class G4 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4558 visual magnitude is 5.3. Because of its faintness, HR4558 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 HR4558. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4558 during the next 10000 years (8.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 13.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 55m 58s

Declination -25° 51’ 05”

Hour Angle 14h 14m 16s

Sideral Time 02h 10m 14s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 54m 42s

Declination -25° 42’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 287.21°

Galactic Latitude 35.42°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4558.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.3

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.52

Spectral Type G4III

Color Index (B-V) 0.88

Temperature 5051K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4558 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4558. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4558 is distant 294.76 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 90.42

Distance (light year) 294.76

Radial Speed -11 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.048 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.081"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD103462

SAO Catalogue SAO180288

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP58082

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-25 8930

FK5 Catalogue 2950

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4558 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 115.9° RISE 9:35

Max altitude: 12.7° TRANSIT 13:04

Azimuth: 244.1° SET 16:33

Name:	Greenwich, UK
Latitude:	51° 28' 48.0" N
Longitude:	0° 0' 0.0" E
Timezone:	Europe/London

Location

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