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public  Cayambe, Ecuador Cayambe, Ecuador  ⓘ
TimezoneAmerica/Guayaquil
Sunrise: 6:14 
Transit: 12:16 
Sunset: 18:19
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HR4398

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:50 | Tran: 16:48 | Set: 22:49
Alt: -11.48°   Az: 211.25°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4398 is a star of spectral class A4 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4398 visual magnitude is 5.79. Because of its faintness, HR4398 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 HR4398 star
DSS2 image of HR4398. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4398 during the next 10000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 24m 18s
-56° 55’ 10”
07h 25m 16s
18h 49m 34s

J2000

11h 23m 08s
-56° 46’ 45”

Galactic Coordinates

291.02°
4.04°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4398.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.79

-0.72
A4
10002K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4398 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4398. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4398 is distant 653.31 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

200.40
653.31
3 km/s
-0.03 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO239017
SAO239017

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4398 rise, transit and set times from Cayambe, Ecuador are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Guayaquil):

Azimuth: 146.9°
Max altitude: 33.0°
Azimuth: 213.1°