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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:04 
Transit: 13:06 
Sunset: 21:07
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HR4678

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:58 | Tran: 17:36 | Set: 23:13
Alt: 4.52°   Az: 102.37°   Direction: East-South-East

HR4678 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F2 in the constellation of Virgo.

HR4678 visual magnitude is 6.54. Because of its faintness, HR4678 is not visible to the naked eye.

Image of HR4678 star
DSS2 image of HR4678. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4678 during the next 10000 years (-2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 19m 28s
-04° 05’ 25”
18h 50m 03s
07h 09m 31s

J2000

12h 18m 09s
-03° 56’ 54”

Galactic Coordinates

287.17°
57.9°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4678.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.54
Main-sequence

2.59
F2V
7276K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4678 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4678. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4678 is a visual double star which can be observed with binoculars or small telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4678 double sysyem:

6.54
6.94
0.4
20.1 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4678 is distant 201.23 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

61.73
201.23
-1 km/s
-0.013 arcsec/y
0.024"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO138704
SAO138704

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4678 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.1°
Max altitude: 34.4°
Azimuth: 265.9°