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HR4596

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -49.08°   Az: 208.69°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4596 is a giant star of spectral class K1 in the constellation of Musca.

HR4596 visual magnitude is 6.42. Because of its faintness, HR4596 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 HR4596 star
DSS2 image of HR4596. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4596 during the next 10000 years (-10.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 03m 48s
-71° 37’ 49”
06h 15m 15s
18h 19m 03s

J2000

12h 02m 28s
-71° 29’ 20”

Galactic Coordinates

299.03°
-8.99°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4596.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.42
Giant

0.87
K1III
4368K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4596 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4596. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4596 is distant 420.65 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

129.03
420.65
-9 km/s
-0.064 arcsec/y
0.018"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO256897
SAO256897

Visibility from Your Location

HR4596 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK