HR4411

Altitude: -2.5° Azimuth: 158.3° Direction: South-South-East

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

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

Color of HR4411 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4411 5.89

Class Giant

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR4411 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -2.5°
Azimuth: 158.3°
Direction: South-South-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4411

HR4411 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 HR4411 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 11h 25m 33s

Declination J2000 -37° 44’ 52”

Galactic Longitude 284.73°

Galactic Latitude 22.07°

Constellation Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4411 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4411.

Visibility of HR4411 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

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

Azimuth: 127.7° RISE 18:28

Max altitude: 0.8° TRANSIT 19:21

Azimuth: 232.3° SET 20:15

RIGHT NOW HR4411 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4411

The image below is a photograph of HR4411 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 HR4411 is -0.042 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.014 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

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);

Distance of HR4411 from the Sun and relative movement

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 pc

Distance (light year) 540.63 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 7 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.042 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.014 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4411

HR4411 belongs to spectral class M3 and has a luminosity class of III corresponding to a giant star.

Absolute magnitude -0.21

Spectral Type M3III

Color Index (B-V) 1.54

Temperature of HR4411 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

HR4411 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

Alternative designations of HR4411

Henry Draper Catalogue HD99333

SAO Catalogue SAO202430

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP55763

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-37 7235

In Evidence

Other stars in Centaurus