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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:57 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:56
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HR4587

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:47 | Tran: 20:51 | Set: 1:59
Alt: -25.63°   Az: 285.99°   Direction: West-North-West

HR4587 is a sub-giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR4587 visual magnitude is 5.55. Because of its faintness, HR4587 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 HR4587 star
DSS2 image of HR4587. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4587 during the next 1000 years (2.10 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.93 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 02m 02s
-10° 35’ 14”
07h 52m 33s
19h 54m 36s

J2000

12h 00m 44s
-10° 26’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

283.11°
50.47°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4587.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.55
Sub-giant

5.00
G8IV
5373K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4587 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4587. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4587 is distant 42.08 light years from the Sun

12.91
42.08
0.126 arcsec/y
-0.476"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO157041
SAO157041

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4587 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 100.6°
Max altitude: 27.9°
Azimuth: 259.4°