HR4334

Altitude: 5.5° Azimuth: 151.7° Direction: South-South-East

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:

Color of HR4334 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4334 5.44

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

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

Altitude: 5.5°
Azimuth: 151.7°
Direction: South-South-East

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:

Right Ascension J2000 11h 08m 43s

Declination J2000 -28° 04’ 50”

Galactic Longitude 276.87°

Galactic Latitude 29.54°

Constellation Hydra

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

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° RISE 15:42

Max altitude: 10.4° TRANSIT 18:53

Azimuth: 241.9° SET 22:04

RIGHT NOW HR4334 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

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.

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.

Distance (parsec) 58.11 pc

Distance (light year) 189.42 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 16 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.08 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -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.

Absolute magnitude 1.62

Spectral Type A1V

Color Index (B-V) 0.07

Temperature of HR4334 9328K

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

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

Alternative designations of HR4334

Henry Draper Catalogue HD96819

SAO Catalogue SAO179577

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP54477

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-27 7886

General Catalogue of Variable Stars 5101

In Evidence

Other stars in Hydra