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HR4447

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -46.52°   Az: 101.14°   Direction: East

HR4447 is a giant star of spectral class K6 in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4447 visual magnitude is 5.64. Because of its faintness, HR4447 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 HR4447 star
DSS2 image of HR4447. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4447 during the next 10000 years (-11.50 arcmin in Right Ascension and 8.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 34m 03s
-40° 34’ 39”
16h 10m 58s
03h 45m 01s

J2000

11h 32m 48s
-40° 26’ 11”

Galactic Coordinates

287.12°
20.01°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4447.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

⬤
5.64
Giant

-0.47
K6III
1.58
3677K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4447 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4447. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4447 is distant 544.24 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 3 kilometers per second.

166.94
544.24
3 km/s
-0.069 arcsec/y
0.052"/y

Alternative Designations

HD100378
SAO222856
SAO222856
HIP56319
CD-39 7168
2922

Visibility from Your Location

HR4447 is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK