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HR4563

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -72.83°   Az: 142.97°   Direction: South-East

HR4563 is a supergiant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4563 visual magnitude is 5.91. Because of its faintness, HR4563 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 HR4563 star
DSS2 image of HR4563. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4563 during the next 10000 years (-4.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 56m 14s
-63° 25’ 00”
13h 33m 38s
01h 29m 53s

J2000

11h 54m 59s
-63° 16’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

296.64°
-1.1°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4563 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4563.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.91
Supergiant

-3.57
A3I
8241K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4563 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4563. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4563 is distant 2,566.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

787.40
2,566.93
-28 km/s
-0.026 arcsec/y
0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO251640
SAO251640

Visibility from Your Location

HR4563 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK