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HR4289

Altitude: -49.1°   Azimuth: 328.6°   Direction: North-North-West

HR4289 is a giant star in the constellation of Crater.

HR4289 visual magnitude is 5.88. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4289 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR4289:

5.88
Giant

HR4289 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -49.1°
Azimuth: 328.6°
Direction: North-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4289

HR4289 is situated close to the celestial equator, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4289 are provided in the following table:

11h 00m 11s
-14° 04’ 59”
266.26°
40.74°
Crater

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4289 in the sky:

Finder chart HR4289 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4289.

Visibility of HR4289 from your location

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

Today's HR4289 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.1°
Max altitude: 24.4°
Azimuth: 255.9°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4289

The image below is a photograph of HR4289 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR4289 is -0.018 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.022 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR4289 star
DSS2 image of HR4289. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4289 during the next 10000 years (-3.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -3.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4289 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4289 is distant 442.33 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

135.69 pc
442.33 ly
-6 km/s
-0.018 arcsec/year
-0.022 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4289

HR4289 belongs to spectral class K5 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

0.22
K5III
3794K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4289 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4289. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4289

SAO156382
SAO156382