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HR4612

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:39 | Tran: 9:18 | Set: 10:57
Alt: -60.64°   Az: 288.42°   Direction: West-North-West

HR4612 is a variable and double main-sequence star of spectral class B8 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4612 visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its faintness, HR4612 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 HR4612 star
DSS2 image of HR4612. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4612 during the next 10000 years (-5.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 07m 13s
-35° 49’ 55”
09h 39m 56s
21h 47m 10s

J2000

12h 05m 56s
-35° 41’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

292.64°
26.27°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4612 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4612.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.23
Main-sequence

-0.51
B8V
11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4612 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4612. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4612 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4612 double sysyem:

6.23
13.93
7.7
25.4 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4612 is distant 727.68 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 18 kilometers per second.

223.21
727.68
-18 km/s
-0.031 arcsec/y
-0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO203119
SAO203119

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4612 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 125.8°
Max altitude: 2.7°
Azimuth: 234.2°