HR4342

Below the horizon. Never rises today

Alt: -20.30° Az: 175.17° Direction: South

HR4342 is a giant star of spectral class B7 in the constellation of Carina.

HR4342 visual magnitude is 6.88. Because of its faintness, HR4342 is not visible to the naked eye.

DSS2 image of HR4342. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4342 during the next 10000 years (-6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 11m 59s

Declination -58° 35’ 27”

Hour Angle 23h 25m 10s

Sidereal Time 10h 37m 10s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 10m 54s

Declination -58° 27’ 19”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 290.09°

Galactic Latitude 1.89°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4342.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.88

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.65

Spectral Type B7III

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature 11247K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4342 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4342. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4342 is distant 1,044.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 17 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 320.51

Distance (light year) 1,044.87

Radial Speed 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.036 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD97271

SAO Catalogue SAO238839

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP54630

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-57 4387

Visibility from Your Location

HR4342 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK

Set Location

Other stars in Carina