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HR4406

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -45.97°   Az: 205.51°   Direction: South-South-West

HR4406 is a sub-giant star of spectral class B2 in the constellation of Musca.

HR4406 visual magnitude is 5.59. Because of its faintness, HR4406 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 HR4406 star
DSS2 image of HR4406. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4406 during the next 10000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -0.50 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 25m 12s
-72° 23’ 46”
05h 27m 18s
16h 52m 31s

J2000

11h 24m 11s
-72° 15’ 24”

Galactic Coordinates

296.32°
-10.51°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4406.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.59
Sub-giant

-1.57
B2IV
9434K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4406 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4406. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4406 is distant 883.47 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 2 kilometers per second.

271.00
883.47
2 km/s
-0.03 arcsec/y
-0.003"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO256834
SAO256834

Visibility from Your Location

HR4406 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK