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Sunset: 20:42
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HR4631

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:57 | Tran: 21:40 | Set: 22:23
Alt: -18.06°   Az: 230.92°   Direction: South-West

HR4631 is a main-sequence star of spectral class A5 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4631 visual magnitude is 6.06. Because of its faintness, HR4631 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 HR4631 star
DSS2 image of HR4631. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4631 during the next 10000 years (7.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 11m 53s
-38° 00’ 40”
04h 38m 03s
16h 49m 56s

J2000

12h 10m 33s
-37° 52’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

294.09°
24.3°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4631.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.06
Main-sequence

1.78
A5V
8163K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4631 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4631. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4631 is distant 233.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

71.63
233.52
-7 km/s
0.047 arcsec/y
-0.035"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO203195
SAO203195

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4631 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.0°
Max altitude: 0.5°
Azimuth: 232.0°