HR4652

Below the horizon. Rise: 11:41 | Tran: 17:39 | Set: 23:40

Alt: -5.96° Az: 223.82° Direction: South-West

HR4652 is a double giant star of spectral class K3 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4652 visual magnitude is 5.31. Because of its faintness, HR4652 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.

DSS2 image of HR4652. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4652 during the next 10000 years (-7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 15m 23s

Declination -45° 51’ 56”

Hour Angle 06h 34m 09s

Sidereal Time 18h 49m 32s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 14m 02s

Declination -45° 43’ 26”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 296.13°

Galactic Latitude 16.65°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.31

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.89

Spectral Type K3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.43

Temperature 3902K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4652 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4652. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4652 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 HR4652 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.31

Secondary star magnitude 6.61

Magnitude difference 1.3

Separation 2.8 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4652 is distant 565.97 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 173.61

Distance (light year) 565.97

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.042 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD106321

SAO Catalogue SAO223297

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP59654

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-45 7630

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4652 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 135.9° RISE 11:41

Max altitude: 44.1° TRANSIT 17:39

Azimuth: 224.1° SET 23:40

Name:	Cayambe, Ecuador
Latitude:	0° 2' 27.0" N
Longitude:	78° 8' 42.7" W
Timezone:	America/Guayaquil

Set Location

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