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TimezoneEurope/London
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Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 19:19
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HR4379

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -31.01°   Az: 168.93°   Direction: South

HR4379 is a variable and double giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Carina.

HR4379 visual magnitude is 6.06. Because of its faintness, HR4379 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 HR4379 star
DSS2 image of HR4379. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4379 during the next 10000 years (2.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -1.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 18m 20s
-67° 57’ 31”
22h 15m 59s
09h 34m 19s

J2000

11h 17m 18s
-67° 49’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

294.21°
-6.56°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4379 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4379.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.06
Giant

-2.52
M2III
3440K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4379 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4379. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4379 is a visual double star which can be observed only with the help of very large telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4379 double sysyem:

6.06
13.56
7.5
34.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4379 is distant 1,697.92 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 26 kilometers per second.

520.83
1,697.92
26 km/s
0.013 arcsec/y
-0.007"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO251341
SAO251341

Visibility from Your Location

HR4379 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK