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public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:01 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:52
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HR4449

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:54 | Tran: 20:35 | Set: 23:16
Alt: -61.78°   Az: 305.50°   Direction: North-West

HR4449 is a variable giant star of spectral class M2 in the constellation of Hydra.

HR4449 visual magnitude is 5.04. Because of its faintness, HR4449 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 HR4449 star
DSS2 image of HR4449. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4449 during the next 10000 years (-5.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.00 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 34m 09s
-31° 13’ 39”
10h 12m 59s
21h 47m 09s

J2000

11h 32m 54s
-31° 05’ 13”

Galactic Coordinates

283.75°
28.84°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for HR4449.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

5.04
Giant

-0.67
M2III
3677K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4449 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4449. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4449 is distant 452.78 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 19 kilometers per second.

138.89
452.78
19 km/s
-0.03 arcsec/y
0.006"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO202554
SAO202554

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4449 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.2°
Max altitude: 7.3°
Azimuth: 238.8°