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public  South Grafton, Australia South Grafton, Australia  ⓘ
TimezoneAustralia/Sydney
Sunrise: 6:45 
Transit: 11:52 
Sunset: 16:59
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HR4318

Below the horizon.  Rise: 7:10 | Tran: 16:13 | Set: 1:12
Alt: -8.91°   Az: 181.62°   Direction: South

HR4318 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4318 visual magnitude is 6.3. Because of its faintness, HR4318 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 HR4318 star
DSS2 image of HR4318. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4318 during the next 10000 years (0.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and -10.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 07m 14s
-51° 21’ 02”
11h 49m 44s
22h 56m 58s

J2000

11h 06m 05s
-51° 12’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

286.62°
8.29°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4318.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.3
Giant

0.79
G8III
4866K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4318 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4318. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4318 is distant 411.62 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 53 kilometers per second.

126.26
411.62
53 km/s
0.005 arcsec/y
-0.065"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO238763
SAO238763

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4318 rise, transit and set times from South Grafton, Australia are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Australia/Sydney):

Azimuth: 141.4°
Max altitude: 68.4°
Azimuth: 218.6°