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HR4393

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -7.89°   Az: 165.44°   Direction: South-South-East

HR4393 is a giant star of spectral class G8 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4393 visual magnitude is 6.12. Because of its faintness, HR4393 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 HR4393 star
DSS2 image of HR4393. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4393 during the next 10000 years (-8.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -5.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 23m 35s
-44° 47’ 06”
22h 37m 50s
10h 01m 25s

J2000

11h 22m 23s
-44° 38’ 44”

Galactic Coordinates

286.7°
15.4°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4393.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

⬤
6.12
Giant

1.01
G8III
0.92
4943K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4393 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4393. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4393 is distant 343.52 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

105.37
343.52
1 km/s
-0.048 arcsec/y
-0.034"/y

Alternative Designations

HD98892
SAO222751
SAO222751
HIP55528
CD-43 7006

Visibility from Your Location

HR4393 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK