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HR4593

Altitude: 57.7°   Azimuth: 257.3°   Direction: West-South-West

HR4593 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Ursa Major.

HR4593 visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4593 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR4593 is -0.091 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.081 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR4593 star
DSS2 image of HR4593. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4593 during the next 1000 years (-1.52 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.35 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR4593

5.59
Hypergiant

HR4593 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 57.7°
Azimuth: 257.3°
Direction: West-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4593

HR4593 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4593 are provided in the following table:

12h 01m 39s
+36° 02’ 30”
169.73°
76.17°
Ursa Major

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4593 in the sky:

Finder chart HR4593 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4593.

Visibility of HR4593 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR4593 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 54.0°
Max altitude: 74.6°
Azimuth: 306.0°

Distance of HR4593 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4593 is distant 361.82 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 30 kilometers per second.

110.99 pc
361.82 ly
30 km/s
-0.091 arcsec/year
-0.081 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4593

HR4593 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

0.36
K0III
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4593 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4593. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4593

SAO62802
SAO62802