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HR4617

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -37.25°   Az: 176.16°   Direction: South

HR4617 is a bright giant star of spectral class K2 in the constellation of Musca.

HR4617 visual magnitude is 5.18. Because of its faintness, HR4617 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 HR4617 star
DSS2 image of HR4617. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4617 during the next 1000 years (-1.63 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.32 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 09m 12s
-75° 30’ 29”
23h 10m 48s
11h 20m 01s

J2000

12h 07m 49s
-75° 22’ 00”

Galactic Coordinates

300.13°
-12.73°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4617.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.18
Bright giant

-0.46
K2II
4121K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4617 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4617. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4617 is distant 437.58 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 45 kilometers per second.

134.23
437.58
-45 km/s
-0.098 arcsec/y
0.019"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO256905
SAO256905

Visibility from Your Location

HR4617 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK