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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:06 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:47
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HR4446

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:33 | Tran: 20:51 | Set: 2:12
Alt: 13.11°   Az: 121.40°   Direction: East-South-East

HR4446 is a giant star of spectral class K4 in the constellation of Crater.

HR4446 visual magnitude is 5.95. Because of its faintness, HR4446 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 HR4446 star
DSS2 image of HR4446. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4446 during the next 100000 years (-11.67 arcmin in Right Ascension and 6.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 34m 04s
-07° 58’ 04”
20h 11m 40s
07h 45m 45s

J2000

11h 32m 47s
-07° 49’ 38”

Galactic Coordinates

271.56°
50.19°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4446.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.95
Giant

-0.28
K4III
3983K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4446 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4446. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4446 is distant 574.96 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 1 kilometers per second.

176.37
574.96
-1 km/s
-0.007 arcsec/y
0.004"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO138265
SAO138265

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4446 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.0°
Max altitude: 30.6°
Azimuth: 262.0°