HR4675

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:40 | Tran: 21:12 | Set: 22:43

Alt: -19.49° Az: 124.21° Direction: South-East

HR4675 is a double hypergiant star of spectral class A0 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4675 visual magnitude is 6.15. Because of its faintness, HR4675 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 HR4675. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4675 during the next 10000 years (-6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 19m 07s

Declination -36° 14’ 05”

Hour Angle 18h 59m 28s

Sidereal Time 07h 18m 35s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 17m 47s

Declination -36° 05’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 295.36°

Galactic Latitude 26.28°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.15

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.27

Spectral Type A0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.01

Temperature 10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4675 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4675. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4675 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4675 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 6.15

Secondary star magnitude 6.45

Magnitude difference 0.3

Separation 0.5 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4675 is distant 488.02 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 149.70

Distance (light year) 488.02

Radial Speed -14 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.037 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD106922

SAO Catalogue SAO203319

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP59950

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-35 7842

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4675 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.2° RISE 19:40

Max altitude: 2.3° TRANSIT 21:12

Azimuth: 233.8° SET 22:43

Set Location

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