HR4297

Below the horizon. Rise: 12:28 | Tran: 17:02 | Set: 21:37

Alt: -42.42° Az: 56.56° Direction: East-North-East

HR4297 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Crater.

HR4297 visual magnitude is 6.34. Because of its faintness, HR4297 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.

DSS2 image of HR4297. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4297 during the next 10000 years (9.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 02m 13s

Declination -15° 55’ 48”

Hour Angle 14h 39m 21s

Sidereal Time 01h 41m 34s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 00m 57s

Declination -15° 47’ 34”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 267.67°

Galactic Latitude 39.4°

Finder Chart

Loading map...

Finder chart for HR4297.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.34

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 0.12

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.18

Temperature 4348K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4297 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4297. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4297 is distant 571.93 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 175.44

Distance (light year) 571.93

Radial Speed -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.055 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.04"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD95441

SAO Catalogue SAO156396

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP53849

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-15 3178

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4297 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 105.9° RISE 12:28

Max altitude: 22.6° TRANSIT 17:02

Azimuth: 254.1° SET 21:37

Set Location

Other stars in Crater