HR4601

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -66.93° Az: 185.00° Direction: South

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.

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

Right Ascension 12h 05m 04s

Declination -74° 21’ 18”

Hour Angle 11h 30m 52s

Sidereal Time 23h 35m 57s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 03m 44s

Declination -74° 12’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 299.64°

Galactic Latitude -11.65°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4601.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.44

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.81

Spectral Type G6III

Color Index (B-V) 1.23

Temperature 4251K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4601 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell 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.

Distance (parsec) 282.49

Distance (light year) 920.90

Radial Speed 9 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.027 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD104752

SAO Catalogue SAO256898

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP58810

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-73 924

Visibility from Your Location

HR4601 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Musca