HR4376

HR4376 is a giant star in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4376 visual magnitude is 6.68. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4376 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 HR4376:

Color of HR4376 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4376 6.68

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR4376 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4376

HR4376 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 HR4376 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 11h 17m 43s

Declination J2000 -36° 32’ 03”

Galactic Longitude 282.68°

Galactic Latitude 22.62°

Constellation Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4376 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4376.

Visibility of HR4376 from your location

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

Today's HR4376 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.5° RISE 18:28

Max altitude: 2.0° TRANSIT 19:53

Azimuth: 233.5° SET 21:18

RIGHT NOW HR4376 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4376

The image below is a photograph of HR4376 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 HR4376 is -0.077 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.026 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR4376. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4376 during the next 10000 years (-12.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 4.33 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4376 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4376 is distant 392.77 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 120.48 pc

Distance (light year) 392.77 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 3 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.077 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.026 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4376

HR4376 belongs to spectral class G8 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude 1.28

Spectral Type G8III

Color Index (B-V) 0.98

Temperature of HR4376 4791K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4376 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4376. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4376

Henry Draper Catalogue HD98233

SAO Catalogue SAO202291

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP55168

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-35 7111

In Evidence

Other stars in Centaurus