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public  Cayambe, Ecuador Cayambe, Ecuador  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Guayaquil
Sunrise: 6:14 
Transit: 12:16 
Sunset: 18:19
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HR4396

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:50 | Tran: 16:48 | Set: 22:50
Alt: -17.04°   Az: 231.75°   Direction: South-West

HR4396 is a double giant star of spectral class K6 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4396 visual magnitude is 5. Because of its moderate brightness, HR4396 is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of HR4396 star
DSS2 image of HR4396. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4396 during the next 10000 years (-3.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and 0.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 24m 27s
-36° 18’ 17”
07h 25m 08s
18h 49m 35s

J2000

11h 23m 12s
-36° 09’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

283.65°
23.38°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4396.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5
Giant

-2.10
K6III
3855K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4396 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4396. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4396 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 HR4396 double sysyem:

5
14.5
9.5
31.3 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4396 is distant 857.89 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

263.16
857.89
-5 km/s
-0.02 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

SAO202391
SAO202391

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4396 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 126.3°
Max altitude: 53.7°
Azimuth: 233.7°