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HR4651

Below the horizon.  Rise: 9:52 | Tran: 12:00 | Set: 14:09
Alt: -23.21°   Az: 244.12°   Direction: West-South-West

HR4651 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4651 visual magnitude is 6.33. Because of its faintness, HR4651 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 HR4651 star
DSS2 image of HR4651. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4651 during the next 10000 years (-1.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 14m 54s
-33° 55’ 49”
05h 41m 04s
17h 55m 58s

J2000

12h 13m 36s
-33° 47’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

294°
28.42°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4651 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4651.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.33
Hypergiant

0.85
A0V
9226K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4651 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4651. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4651 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of medium or large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4651 double sysyem:

6.33
8.13
1.8
1.6 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4651 is distant 405.98 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 11 kilometers per second.

124.53
405.98
-11 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
-0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO203252
SAO203252

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4651 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.9°
Max altitude: 4.6°
Azimuth: 236.1°