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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 6:30 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 19:21
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HR4571

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:19 | Tran: 13:34 | Set: 15:49
Alt: 1.93°   Az: 201.89°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4571 is a variable hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4571 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its faintness, HR4571 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 HR4571 star
DSS2 image of HR4571. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4571 during the next 10000 years (-9.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 58m 19s
-33° 27’ 09”
01h 46m 05s
13h 44m 24s

J2000

11h 57m 03s
-33° 18’ 55”

Galactic Coordinates

290.06°
28.19°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4571 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4571.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.21
Hypergiant

0.89
A0V
10653K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4571 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4571. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4571 is distant 377.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 10 kilometers per second.

115.87
377.75
-10 km/s
-0.055 arcsec/y
0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO202971
SAO202971

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4571 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.5°
Max altitude: 5.1°
Azimuth: 236.5°