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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR4595

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -47.60°   Az: 182.58°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4595 is a double giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Octans.

HR4595 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, HR4595 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 HR4595 star
DSS2 image of HR4595. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4595 during the next 10000 years (-10.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 03m 44s
-85° 46’ 24”
01h 37m 15s
13h 40m 59s

J2000

12h 02m 20s
-85° 37’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

301.93°
-22.86°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4595.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.05
Giant

0.99
K3III
4139K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4595 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4595. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4595 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4595 double sysyem:

6.05
10.35
4.3
25 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4595 is distant 334.70 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

102.67
334.70
17 km/s
-0.065 arcsec/y
0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO258632
SAO258632

Visibility from Your Location

HR4595 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK