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HR4669

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 50.93°   Az: 199.78°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4669 is a hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Musca.

HR4669 visual magnitude is 6.06. Because of its faintness, HR4669 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 HR4669 star
DSS2 image of HR4669. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4669 during the next 10000 years (-9.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 18m 30s
-65° 50’ 03”
02h 05m 37s
14h 24m 08s

J2000

12h 17m 06s
-65° 41’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

299.41°
-3.06°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4669.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.06
Hypergiant

1.00
A0V
9766K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4669 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4669. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4669 is distant 335.39 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 21 kilometers per second.

102.88
335.39
21 km/s
-0.057 arcsec/y
-0.001"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO251826
SAO251826

Visibility from Your Location

HR4669 is circumpolar and transits at 09:51 UTC (altitude: 55.8°)