HR4342

HR4342 is a giant star in the constellation of Carina.

HR4342 visual magnitude is 6.88. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4342 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 HR4342:

Color of HR4342 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4342 6.88

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR4342 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4342

HR4342 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 HR4342 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 11h 10m 54s

Declination J2000 -58° 27’ 19”

Galactic Longitude 290.09°

Galactic Latitude 1.89°

Constellation Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4342 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4342.

Visibility of HR4342 from your location

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

HR4342 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4342

The image below is a photograph of HR4342 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 HR4342 is -0.036 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.003 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR4342 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 1,044.87 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 17 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.036 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.003 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4342

HR4342 belongs to spectral class B7 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.65

Spectral Type B7III

Color Index (B-V) -0.08

Temperature of HR4342 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

Alternative designations of HR4342

Henry Draper Catalogue HD97271

SAO Catalogue SAO238839

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP54630

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-57 4387

In Evidence

Other stars in Carina