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public LocationGreenwich, United Kingdom
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:02 
Transit: 12:55 
Sunset: 20:48
wb_twilight   (Nautical Twilight)   What's Visible Now?

HR4783

Altitude: 70.5°   Azimuth: 204.1°   Direction: South-South-West

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

HR4783 visual magnitude is 5.42. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4783 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR4783 is 0.02 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.033 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Key facts about HR4783

5.42
Hypergiant

HR4783 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom.

Altitude: 70.5°
Azimuth: 204.1°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4783

HR4783 is situated north of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4783 are provided in the following table:

12h 33m 38s
+33° 14’ 51”
153.97°
82.78°
Canes Venatici

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4783 in the sky:

Finder chart HR4783 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4783.

Visibility of HR4783 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

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

Distance of HR4783 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc
265.91 ly
-20 km/s
0.02 arcsec/year
-0.033 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4783

HR4783 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

0.86
K0III
4743K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4783 is situated in the Hertzsprungā€“Russell diagram.

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

Alternative designations of HR4783

SAO63070
SAO63070