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public  Bras-Panon, Reunion Bras-Panon, Reunion  ⓘ
TimezoneIndian/Reunion
Sunrise: 6:55 
Transit: 12:22 
Sunset: 17:50
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HR4338

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:01 | Tran: 16:04 | Set: 1:07
Alt: 10.08°   Az: 153.26°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4338 is a variable supergiant star of spectral class B9 in the constellation of Carina.

HR4338 visual magnitude is 5.13. Because of its faintness, HR4338 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 HR4338 star
DSS2 image of HR4338. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4338 during the next 100000 years (-10.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 3.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 09m 38s
-62° 05’ 09”
16h 44m 25s
03h 54m 04s

J2000

11h 08m 34s
-61° 56’ 49”

Galactic Coordinates

291.15°
-1.45°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4338.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.13
Supergiant

-6.02
B9I
8011K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4338 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4338. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4338 is distant 5,525.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 22 kilometers per second.

1,694.92
5,525.42
-22 km/s
-0.006 arcsec/y
0.002"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO251286
SAO251286

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4338 rise, transit and set times from Bras-Panon, Reunion are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Indian/Reunion):

Azimuth: 152.1°
Max altitude: 48.9°
Azimuth: 207.9°