HR4324

Altitude: -62.6° Azimuth: 303.1° Direction: West-North-West

HR4324 is a giant star in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4324 visual magnitude is 6.59. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4324 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR4324:

Color of HR4324 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4324 6.59

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR4324 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -62.6°
Azimuth: 303.1°
Direction: West-North-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4324

HR4324 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4324 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 11h 07m 08s

Declination J2000 -32° 35’ 13”

Galactic Longitude 278.74°

Galactic Latitude 25.34°

Constellation Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4324 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4324.

Visibility of HR4324 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's HR4324 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.6° RISE 16:30

Max altitude: 5.9° TRANSIT 18:55

Azimuth: 237.4° SET 21:21

RIGHT NOW HR4324 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4324

The image below is a photograph of HR4324 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR4324 is -0.081 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.052 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR4324. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4324 during the next 10000 years (-13.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4324 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4324 is distant 181.72 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 55.74 pc

Distance (light year) 181.72 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity -2 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.081 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.052 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4324

HR4324 belongs to spectral class F1 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 2.86

Spectral Type F1III

Color Index (B-V) 0.34

Temperature of HR4324 7217K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4324 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4324. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4324

Henry Draper Catalogue HD96557

SAO Catalogue SAO202100

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP54349

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-31 8776

In Evidence

Other stars in Hydra