HR4466

Altitude: -81.1° Azimuth: 69.2° Direction: East-North-East

HR4466 is a star in the constellation of Centaurus.

HR4466 visual magnitude is 5.25. Because of its reltive faintness, HR4466 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 HR4466:

Color of HR4466 ⬤

Magnitude of HR4466 5.25

Class

VISIBILITY RIGHT NOW

HR4466 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -81.1°
Azimuth: 69.2°
Direction: East-North-East

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of HR4466

HR4466 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 HR4466 are provided in the following table:

Right Ascension J2000 11h 35m 55s

Declination J2000 -47° 38’ 30”

Galactic Longitude 289.99°

Galactic Latitude 13.32°

Constellation Centaurus

The simplified sky map below shows the position of HR4466 in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for HR4466.

Visibility of HR4466 from your location

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

HR4466 is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt

Digitized Sky Survey image of HR4466

The image below is a photograph of HR4466 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 HR4466 is 0.036 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and -0.049 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated displacement for the next 10000 years is represented with the red arrow.

DSS2 image of HR4466. The red arrow shows the motion of HR4466 during the next 10000 years (6.00 arcmin in Right Ascension and -8.17 arcmin in declination);

Distance of HR4466 from the Sun and relative movement

HR4466 is distant 189.10 light years from the Sun and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 5 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 58.00 pc

Distance (light year) 189.10 ly

Heliocentric radial velocity 5 km/s

Proper Motion RA 0.036 arcsec/year

Proper Motion Dec -0.049 arcsec/year

Spectral properties of HR4466

HR4466 belongs to spectral class A7

Absolute magnitude 1.43

Spectral Type A7

Color Index (B-V) 0.25

Temperature of HR4466 7795K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where HR4466 is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of HR4466. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Alternative designations of HR4466

Henry Draper Catalogue HD100825

SAO Catalogue SAO222895

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP56573

Durchmusterung Catalogue CD-46 7205

FK5 Catalogue 435

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