HR4387

HR4387 is a main-sequence star in the constellation of Carina.

HR4387 visual magnitude is 6.27. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4387 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 HR4387:

Color of HR4387 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4387 6.27

Class Main-sequence

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW HR4387 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4387

HR4387 is situated close to the southern celestial pole and, as such, it is easilty visible for most part of the year from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR4387 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 11h 19m 36s

Declination J2000 -75° 08’ 32”

Galactic Longitude 297.03°

Galactic Latitude -13.33°

Constellation Carina

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4387 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4387.

Visibility of HR4387 from your location

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

HR4387 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4387

The image below is a photograph of HR4387 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 HR4387 is -0.038 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and 0.004 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR4387. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4387 during the next 10000 years (-6.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.67 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4387 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4387 is distant 531.81 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 23 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 163.13 pc

Distance (light year) 531.81 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 23 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.038 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec 0.004 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4387

HR4387 belongs to spectral class B9 and has a luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence star.

Absolute magnitude 0.21

Spectral Type B9V

Color Index (B-V) -0.03

Temperature of HR4387 10516K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4387 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4387. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4387

Henry Draper Catalogue HD98672

SAO Catalogue SAO256826

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP55308

Durchmusterung Catalogue CP-74 801

In Evidence

Other stars in Carina