HR4305

Below the horizon. Rise: 5:35 | Tran: 10:34 | Set: 15:34

Alt: -19.26° Az: 84.17° Direction: East

HR4305 is a double giant star of spectral class G7 in the constellation of Crater.

HR4305 visual magnitude is 5.5. Because of its faintness, HR4305 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 HR4305. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4305 during the next 1000 years (-1.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.80 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 04m 29s

Declination -11° 26’ 14”

Hour Angle 16h 53m 29s

Sidereal Time 03h 57m 58s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 03m 14s

Declination -11° 18’ 12”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 265.03°

Galactic Latitude 43.47°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4305.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.5

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude 0.55

Spectral Type G7III

Color Index (B-V) 0.94

Temperature 4892K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4305 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4305. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4305 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4305 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.5

Secondary star magnitude 11.4

Magnitude difference 5.9

Separation 3.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4305 is distant 318.36 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 97.66

Distance (light year) 318.36

Radial Speed -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.07 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.108"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD95808

SAO Catalogue SAO156421

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP54029

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-10 3184

Aitken Double Star Catalogue ADS8037

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4305 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 101.4° RISE 5:35

Max altitude: 27.1° TRANSIT 10:34

Azimuth: 258.6° SET 15:34

Set Location

Other stars in Crater