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HR4346

Above the horizon.  Rise: 18:08 | Tran: 20:34 | Set: 23:00
Alt: 4.99°   Az: 192.21°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4346 is a variable giant star of spectral class M1 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4346 visual magnitude is 6.38. Because of its faintness, HR4346 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 HR4346 star
DSS2 image of HR4346. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4346 during the next 10000 years (3.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.83 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 13m 28s
-32° 34’ 19”
00h 57m 53s
12h 11m 22s

J2000

11h 12m 14s
-32° 26’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

279.75°
25.93°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4346.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.38
Giant

-0.20
M1III
3516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4346 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4346. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4346 is distant 676.35 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 27 kilometers per second.

207.47
676.35
27 km/s
0.019 arcsec/y
0.011"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO202197
SAO202197

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4346 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.6°
Max altitude: 5.9°
Azimuth: 237.4°