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HR4611

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -29.56°   Az: 194.13°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4611 is a supergiant star of spectral class B6 in the constellation of Musca.

HR4611 visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its faintness, HR4611 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 HR4611 star
DSS2 image of HR4611. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4611 during the next 10000 years (-5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 07m 11s
-65° 41’ 05”
02h 04m 09s
14h 11m 20s

J2000

12h 05m 53s
-65° 32’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

298.24°
-3.09°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4611 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4611.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.33
Supergiant

-23.67
B6I
8011K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4611 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4611. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4611 is distant 32,600,000.00 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 13 kilometers per second.

10,000,000.00
32,600,000.00
-13 km/s
-0.031 arcsec/y
-0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO251734
SAO251734

Visibility from Your Location

HR4611 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK