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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:52 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 21:03
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HR4783

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:27 | Tran: 21:04 | Set: 6:45
Alt: 21.84°   Az: 63.81°   Direction: East-North-East

HR4783 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

HR4783 visual magnitude is 5.42. Because of its faintness, HR4783 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 HR4783 star
DSS2 image of HR4783. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4783 during the next 10000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 34m 53s
+33° 06’ 27”
17h 35m 40s
06h 10m 34s

J2000

12h 33m 38s
+33° 14’ 51”

Galactic Coordinates

153.97°
82.78°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4783.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.42
Hypergiant

0.86
K0III
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4783 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4783. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4783 is distant 265.91 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 20 kilometers per second.

81.57
265.91
-20 km/s
0.02 arcsec/y
-0.033"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO63070
SAO63070

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4783 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.9°
Max altitude: 71.6°
Azimuth: 303.1°