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HR4302

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:22 | Tran: 1:45 | Set: 5:05
Alt: -26.52°   Az: 100.77°   Direction: East

HR4302 is a double main-sequence star of spectral class F1 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4302 visual magnitude is 6.23. Because of its faintness, HR4302 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.

Image of HR4302 star
DSS2 image of HR4302. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4302 during the next 1000 years (1.08 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 03m 37s
-26° 58’ 00”
17h 21m 57s
04h 25m 34s

J2000

11h 02m 24s
-26° 49’ 53”

Galactic Coordinates

274.77°
30.01°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4302.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.23
Main-sequence

2.61
F1V
7399K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4302 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4302. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4302 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4302 double sysyem:

6.23
6.33
0.1
0.2 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4302 is distant 173.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

53.08
173.04
1 km/s
0.065 arcsec/y
-0.12"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO179456
SAO179456

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4302 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.0°
Max altitude: 11.6°
Azimuth: 243.0°