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HR4664

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -67.14°   Az: 165.36°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4664 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Musca.

HR4664 visual magnitude is 6.22. Because of its faintness, HR4664 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 HR4664 star
DSS2 image of HR4664. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4664 during the next 10000 years (-8.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -4.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 17m 48s
-72° 45’ 14”
13h 17m 23s
01h 35m 12s

J2000

12h 16m 23s
-72° 36’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

300.28°
-9.92°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4664.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.22
Hypergiant

1.17
A0V
10252K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4664 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4664. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4664 is distant 333.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 28 kilometers per second.

102.25
333.33
28 km/s
-0.053 arcsec/y
-0.026"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO256919
SAO256919

Visibility from Your Location

HR4664 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK