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HR4601

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -50.61°   Az: 155.03°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4601 is a giant star of spectral class G6 in the constellation of Musca.

HR4601 visual magnitude is 6.44. Because of its faintness, HR4601 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 HR4601 star
DSS2 image of HR4601. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4601 during the next 10000 years (-4.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 05m 02s
-74° 21’ 07”
17h 33m 25s
05h 38m 28s

J2000

12h 03m 44s
-74° 12’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

299.64°
-11.65°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4601 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4601.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.44
Giant

-0.81
G6III
4251K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4601 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4601. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4601 is distant 920.90 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

282.49
920.90
9 km/s
-0.027 arcsec/y
0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO256898
SAO256898

Visibility from Your Location

HR4601 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK