HR4303

Below the horizon. Rise: 14:00 | Tran: 19:54 | Set: 1:51

Alt: -29.23° Az: 47.59° Direction: North-East

HR4303 is a hypergiant star of spectral class F0 in the constellation of Leo.

HR4303 visual magnitude is 6.14. Because of its faintness, HR4303 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 HR4303. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4303 during the next 1000 years (-0.22 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.85 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 04m 32s

Declination -00° 53’ 22”

Hour Angle 14h 40m 28s

Sidereal Time 01h 45m 00s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 03m 14s

Declination -00° 45’ 08”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 255.51°

Galactic Latitude 51.87°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4303.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.14

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude 2.45

Spectral Type F0V

Color Index (B-V) 0.26

Temperature 7726K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4303 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4303. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4303 is distant 178.04 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 54.61

Distance (light year) 178.04

Radial Speed 4 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.013 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.111"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD95771

SAO Catalogue SAO137963

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP54027

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+00 2728

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4303 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.9° RISE 14:00

Max altitude: 37.6° TRANSIT 19:54

Azimuth: 269.1° SET 1:51

Set Location

Other stars in Leo