HR4658

Below the horizon. Rise: 11:42 | Tran: 17:40 | Set: 23:42

Alt: -6.08° Az: 227.66° Direction: South-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.

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

Right Ascension 12h 16m 51s

Declination -42° 03’ 16”

Hour Angle 06h 32m 39s

Sidereal Time 18h 49m 30s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 15m 30s

Declination -41° 54’ 47”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 295.81°

Galactic Latitude 20.46°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.26

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 1.12

Spectral Type K0III

Color Index (B-V) 1.01

Temperature 4719K

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

Distance (parsec) 106.50

Distance (light year) 347.18

Radial Speed 25 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.331 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.175"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD106572

SAO Catalogue SAO223309

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP59785

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-41 7056

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4658 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 132.1° RISE 11:42

Max altitude: 47.9° TRANSIT 17:40

Azimuth: 227.9° SET 23:42

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

Set Location

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