HR4396

Below the horizon. Rise: 9:59 | Tran: 11:29 | Set: 13:00

Alt: -22.29° Az: 120.82° Direction: East-South-East

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.

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

Right Ascension 11h 24m 25s

Declination -36° 18’ 03”

Hour Angle 18h 38m 29s

Sideral Time 06h 02m 54s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 23m 12s

Declination -36° 09’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 283.65°

Galactic Latitude 23.38°

Finder Chart

Simplified finder chart for HR4396.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -2.10

Spectral Type K6III

Color Index (B-V) 1.46

Temperature 3855K

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

Main star magnitude 5

Secondary star magnitude 14.5

Magnitude difference 9.5

Separation 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.

Distance (parsec) 263.16

Distance (light year) 857.89

Radial Speed -5 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.02 arcsec/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD98993

SAO Catalogue SAO202391

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP55588

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-35 7163

FK5 Catalogue 2909

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4396 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 126.3° RISE 9:59

Max altitude: 2.2° TRANSIT 11:29

Azimuth: 233.7° SET 13:00

Set Location

Other stars in Centaurus