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TimezoneEurope/London
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HR4311

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -28.66°   Az: 132.01°   Direction: South-East

HR4311 is a giant star of spectral class A8 in the constellation of Vela.

HR4311 visual magnitude is 5.67. Because of its faintness, HR4311 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 HR4311 star
DSS2 image of HR4311. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4311 during the next 1000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.45 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 05m 40s
-47° 49’ 00”
18h 55m 25s
06h 01m 06s

J2000

11h 04m 31s
-47° 40’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

284.94°
11.42°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4311.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.67
Giant

1.01
A8III
7866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4311 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4311. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4311 is distant 278.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

85.54
278.87
-16 km/s
-0.11 arcsec/y
0.027"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO222538
SAO222538

Visibility from Your Location

HR4311 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK