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HR4334

Altitude: 3.7°   Azimuth: 213.0°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4334 is a variable main-sequence star in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4334 visual magnitude is 5.44. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4334 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 HR4334:

5.44
Main-sequence

HR4334 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 3.7°
Azimuth: 213.0°
Direction: South-South-West

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4334

HR4334 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 HR4334 are provided in the following table:

11h 08m 43s
-28° 04’ 50”
276.87°
29.54°
Hydra

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4334 in the sky:

Finder chart HR4334 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4334.

Visibility of HR4334 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 HR4334 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: 118.1°
Max altitude: 10.4°
Azimuth: 241.9°

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4334

The image below is a photograph of HR4334 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 HR4334 is -0.08 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.016 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR4334 star
DSS2 image of HR4334. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4334 during the next 10000 years (-13.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4334 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4334 is distant 189.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16 kilometers per second.

58.11 pc
189.42 ly
16 km/s
-0.08 arcsec/year
-0.016 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4334

HR4334 belongs to spectral class A1 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

1.62
A1V
9328K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4334 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4334. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4334

SAO179577
SAO179577