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HR4326

Altitude: -59.6°   Azimuth: 223.0°   Direction: South-West

HR4326 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Carina.

HR4326 visual magnitude is 6.41. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4326 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 HR4326:

6.41
Main-sequence

HR4326 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -59.6°
Azimuth: 223.0°
Direction: South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4326

HR4326 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 HR4326 are provided in the following table:

11h 06m 24s
-64° 50’ 22”
292.06°
-4.21°
Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4326 in the sky:

Finder chart HR4326 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4326.

Visibility of HR4326 from your location

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

HR4326 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4326

The image below is a photograph of HR4326 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 HR4326 is -0.05 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.008 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR4326 star
DSS2 image of HR4326. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4326 during the next 10000 years (-8.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4326 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4326 is distant 473.15 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

145.14 pc
473.15 ly
-6 km/s
-0.05 arcsec/year
0.008 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4326

HR4326 belongs to spectral class A3 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

0.60
A3V
8839K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4326 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4326. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4326

SAO251267
SAO251267