HR4604

HR4604 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Musca.

HR4604 visual magnitude is 5.35. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4604 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR4604:

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4604

HR4604 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4604 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4604 in the sky:

Visibility of HR4604 from your location

HR4604 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4604

The image below is a photograph of HR4604 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR4604 is -0.054 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.012 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of HR4604 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4604 is distant 339.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

Spectral properties of HR4604

HR4604 belongs to spectral class A0 and has a luminosity class of IV corresponding to a hypergiant star.

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4604 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

Alternative designations of HR4604