HR4411

Below the horizon. Rise: 19:39 | Tran: 20:28 | Set: 21:16

Alt: -42.40° Az: 100.85° Direction: East

HR4411 is a double giant star of spectral class M3 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4411 visual magnitude is 5.89. Because of its faintness, HR4411 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.

DSS2 image of HR4411. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4411 during the next 10000 years (-7.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.33 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 11h 26m 47s

Declination -37° 53’ 15”

Hour Angle 16h 27m 07s

Sidereal Time 03h 53m 54s

J2000

Right Ascension 11h 25m 33s

Declination -37° 44’ 52”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 284.73°

Galactic Latitude 22.07°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.89

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.21

Spectral Type M3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.54

Temperature 3734K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4411 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4411. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Star System Properties

HR4411 is a visual double star which can be observed with the help of small or medium telescopes. The table below shows key information about the HR4411 double sysyem:

Main star magnitude 5.89

Secondary star magnitude 11.39

Magnitude difference 5.5

Separation 4.7 arcsec

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4411 is distant 540.63 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 7 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 165.84

Distance (light year) 540.63

Radial Speed 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.042 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.014"/y

Alternative Designations

Henry Draper Catalogue HD99333

SAO Catalogue SAO202430

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP55763

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 7235

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4411 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 127.9° RISE 19:39

Max altitude: 0.6° TRANSIT 20:28

Azimuth: 232.1° SET 21:16

Set Location

Other stars in Centaurus