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HR4784

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:24 | Tran: 14:02 | Set: 23:41
Alt: 34.95°   Az: 78.70°   Direction: East-North-East

HR4784 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

HR4784 visual magnitude is 6.24. Because of its faintness, HR4784 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 HR4784 star
DSS2 image of HR4784. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4784 during the next 100000 years (3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -13.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 35m 00s
+33° 14’ 55”
19h 04m 10s
07h 39m 10s

J2000

12h 33m 47s
+33° 23’ 04”

Galactic Coordinates

153.19°
82.68°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4784 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4784.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.24
Hypergiant

0.94
K0III
4626K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4784 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4784. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4784 is distant 374.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 43 kilometers per second.

114.81
374.28
-43 km/s
0.002 arcsec/y
-0.008"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO63072
SAO63072

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4784 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.8°
Max altitude: 71.8°
Azimuth: 303.2°