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HR4364

Altitude: -59.1°   Azimuth: 93.6°   Direction: East

HR4364 is a giant star in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4364 visual magnitude is 6.21. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4364 should be visible only from locations with dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

The proper motion of HR4364 is -0.025 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.016 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Image of HR4364 star
DSS2 image of HR4364. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4364 during the next 10000 years (-4.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Key facts about HR4364

6.21
Giant

HR4364 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -59.1°
Azimuth: 93.6°
Direction: East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4364

HR4364 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 HR4364 are provided in the following table:

11h 14m 53s
-43° 44’ 03”
285.05°
15.76°
Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4364 in the sky:

Finder chart HR4364 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4364.

Visibility of HR4364 from your location

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

HR4364 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Distance of HR4364 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4364 is distant 1,724.87 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 9 kilometers per second.

529.10 pc
1,724.87 ly
9 km/s
-0.025 arcsec/year
-0.016 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4364

HR4364 belongs to spectral class K4 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

-2.41
K4III
3635K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4364 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4364. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4364

SAO222671
SAO222671