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public  Shangxing, China Shangxing, China  ⓘ
TimezoneAsia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:03 
Transit: 12:07 
Sunset: 19:10
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HR4407

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:30 | Tran: 16:47 | Set: 3:00
Alt: 64.06°   Az: 342.68°   Direction: North-North-West

HR4407 is a hypergiant star of spectral class K0 in the constellation of Ursa Major.

HR4407 visual magnitude is 5.75. Because of its faintness, HR4407 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 HR4407 star
DSS2 image of HR4407. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4407 during the next 10000 years (-11.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 27m 22s
+55° 42’ 36”
00h 53m 27s
12h 20m 50s

J2000

11h 25m 57s
+55° 51’ 02”

Galactic Coordinates

145.26°
57.42°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4407.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.75
Hypergiant

0.61
K0III
10125K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4407 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4407. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4407 is distant 347.55 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 6 kilometers per second.

106.61
347.55
-6 km/s
-0.066 arcsec/y
0.048"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO28017
SAO28017

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4407 rise, transit and set times from Shangxing, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 34.3°
Max altitude: 65.8°
Azimuth: 325.7°