HR4588

Above the horizon. Rise: 14:56 | Tran: 18:53 | Set: 22:50

Alt: 7.35° Az: 140.17° Direction: South-West

HR4588 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Corvus.

HR4588 visual magnitude is 6.28. Because of its faintness, HR4588 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 HR4588. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4588 during the next 10000 years (4.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 02m 00s

Declination -21° 58’ 44”

Hour Angle 21h 07m 02s

Sidereal Time 09h 09m 03s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 00m 42s

Declination -21° 50’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 287.61°

Galactic Latitude 39.52°

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Finder chart for HR4588.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.28

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.22

Spectral Type K0IV

Color Index (B-V) 1.22

Temperature 4270K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4588 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4588. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4588 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4588 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.28

Secondary star magnitude 13.38

Magnitude difference 7.1

Separation 11.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4588 is distant 531.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 163.13

Distance (light year) 531.81

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.028 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD104307

SAO Catalogue SAO180374

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP58574

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-21 3443

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS8389

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4588 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.0° RISE 14:56

Max altitude: 16.5° TRANSIT 18:53

Azimuth: 248.0° SET 22:50

Set Location

Other stars in Corvus