HR4298

Below the horizon. Rise: 17:30 | Tran: 20:03 | Set: 22:35

Alt: -36.07° Az: 97.87° Direction: East

HR4298 is a main-sequence star of spectral class F8 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4298 visual magnitude is 6.07. Because of its faintness, HR4298 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 HR4298. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4298 during the next 1000 years (-1.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.75 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 01m 53s

Declination -31° 58’ 34”

Hour Angle 16h 42m 51s

Sidereal Time 03h 44m 44s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 00m 40s

Declination -31° 50’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 277.02°

Galactic Latitude 25.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4298.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.07

Class Main-sequence

Absolute magnitude 3.60

Spectral Type F8V

Color Index (B-V) 0.52

Temperature 6300K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4298 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4298. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4298 is distant 101.75 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 31.21

Distance (light year) 101.75

Radial Speed -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.08 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.105"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD95456

SAO Catalogue SAO201998

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP53818

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-31 8696

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4298 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.0° RISE 17:30

Max altitude: 6.5° TRANSIT 20:03

Azimuth: 238.0° SET 22:35

Set Location

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