HR4348

Above the horizon. Rise: 14:11 | Tran: 18:09 | Set: 22:06

Alt: 2.00° Az: 229.99° Direction: South

HR4348 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Crater.

HR4348 visual magnitude is 6.4. Because of its faintness, HR4348 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.

DSS2 image of HR4348. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4348 during the next 10000 years (-1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 2.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 13m 50s

Declination -21° 53’ 16”

Hour Angle 03h 42m 20s

Sidereal Time 14h 56m 11s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 12m 34s

Declination -21° 44’ 57”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 274.41°

Galactic Latitude 35.59°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 6.4

Class Hypergiant

Absolute magnitude -0.21

Spectral Type K0

Color Index (B-V) 1.38

Temperature 3983K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4348 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4348. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4348 is distant 684.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 24 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 210.08

Distance (light year) 684.87

Radial Speed -24 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.011 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec 0.012"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD97428

SAO Catalogue SAO179638

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP54749

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD-20 3374

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4348 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.9° RISE 14:11

Max altitude: 16.6° TRANSIT 18:09

Azimuth: 248.1° SET 22:06

Set Location

Other stars in Crater