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La Superba - HR4846

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 6.97°   Az: 4.95°   Direction: North

La Superba, also designated as , is a variable supergiant star of spectral class C7 in the constellation of Canes Venatici.

La Superba visual magnitude is 4.99. Because of its moderate brightness, La Superba is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of La Superba - HR4846 star
DSS2 image of La Superba. The red arrow shows the motion of La Superba during the next 10000 years (-0.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 46m 17s
+45° 18’ 19”
12h 27m 59s
01h 14m 16s

J2000

12h 45m 07s
+45° 26’ 25”

Galactic Coordinates

126.45°
71.65°

Finder Chart

Finder chart La Superba - HR4846 star
Simplified finder chart for La Superba - HR4846.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.99
Supergiant

-1.70
C7I
2695K

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

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

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

La Superba is distant 710.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 12 kilometers per second.

217.86
710.24
12 km/s
-0.001 arcsec/y
0.015"/y

Alternative Designations

La Superba
SAO44317
SAO44317

Visibility from Your Location

La Superba - HR4846 is circumpolar and transits at 12:58 UTC (altitude: 83.8°)