HR441

HR441 is a hypergiant star in the constellation of Sculptor.

HR441 visual magnitude is 5.82. Because of its reltive faintness, HR441 should be visible only from locations with dark skyes, while it is not visible at all from skyes affected by light pollution.

The table below summarizes the key facts about HR441:

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR441

HR441 is situated south of the celestial equator, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox as well as galactic coordinates of HR441 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR441 in the sky:

Visibility of HR441 from your location

Today's HR441 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR441

The image below is a photograph of HR441 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of HR441 is 0.009 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.067 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

Distance of HR441 from the Sun and relative movement

HR441 is distant 303.54 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

Spectral properties of HR441

HR441 belongs to spectral class K0 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a hypergiant star.

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR441 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

Alternative designations of HR441