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HR4451

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:58 | Tran: 8:30 | Set: 13:01
Alt: -9.24°   Az: 104.80°   Direction: East-South-East

HR4451 is a giant star of spectral class F9 in the constellation of Crater.

HR4451 visual magnitude is 6.05. Because of its faintness, HR4451 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 HR4451 star
DSS2 image of HR4451. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4451 during the next 10000 years (-0.33 arcmin in Right Ascension and -7.17 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 34m 29s
-16° 25’ 04”
18h 23m 16s
05h 57m 46s

J2000

11h 33m 14s
-16° 16’ 50”

Galactic Coordinates

277.05°
42.63°

Finder Chart

Finder chart HR4451 star
Simplified finder chart for HR4451.

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

6.05
Giant

0.60
F9III
5968K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4451 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of HR4451. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

HR4451 is distant 400.49 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 4 kilometers per second.

122.85
400.49
-4 km/s
-0.002 arcsec/y
-0.043"/y

Alternative Designations

SAO156750
SAO156750

Visibility from Your Location

Today's HR4451 rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.4°
Max altitude: 22.1°
Azimuth: 253.6°