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HR4658

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -70.93°   Az: 290.02°   Direction: West-North-West

HR4658 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4658 visual magnitude is 6.26. Because of its faintness, HR4658 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 HR4658 star
DSS2 image of HR4658. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4658 during the next 1000 years (-5.52 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.92 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 16m 48s
-42° 03’ 02”
10h 22m 19s
22h 39m 08s

J2000

12h 15m 30s
-41° 54’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

295.81°
20.46°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4658 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4658.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.26
Hypergiant

1.12
K0III
4719K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4658 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4658. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4658 is distant 347.18 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 25 kilometers per second.

106.50
347.18
25 km/s
-0.331 arcsec/y
-0.175"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO223309
SAO223309

Visibility from Your Location

HR4658 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK