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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
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HR4593

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:57 | Tran: 21:15 | Set: 7:38
Alt: 46.57°   Az: 272.44°   Direction: West

HR4593 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

HR4593 visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its faintness, HR4593 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 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);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 02m 57s
+35° 54’ 02”
03h 51m 57s
15h 54m 54s

J2000

12h 01m 39s
+36° 02’ 30”

Galactic Coordinates

169.73°
76.17°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4593.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.59
Hypergiant

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

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
361.82
30 km/s
-0.091 arcsec/y
-0.081"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO62802
SAO62802

Visibility from Your Location

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

Azimuth: 54.1°
Max altitude: 74.4°
Azimuth: 305.9°