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HR4578

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -26.41°   Az: 173.72°   Direction: South

HR4578 is a supergiant star of spectral class A3 in the constellation of Crux.

HR4578 visual magnitude is 5.61. Because of its faintness, HR4578 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 HR4578 star
DSS2 image of HR4578. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4578 during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 00m 04s
-64° 28’ 44”
23h 07m 26s
11h 07m 31s

J2000

11h 58m 47s
-64° 20’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

297.27°
-2.05°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4578.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.61
Supergiant

-4.09
A3I
8321K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4578 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4578. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4578 is distant 2,834.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

869.57
2,834.78
2 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO251664
SAO251664

Visibility from Your Location

HR4578 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK